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Oxygen
Water
Food
Energy
Suitable Habitat
What are the five basic needs.
Biotic elements that make their own food to supply the matter and energy they need to survive.
What are producers.
Organisms that consume other organisms.
What are consumers.
Carnivores and omnivores that eat primary consumers.
What are secondary consumers.
The movement of matter from abiotic elements into biotic elements is called.
What is a cycle.
The components of food that is converted to energy.
What are nutrients.
A chemical reaction that takes place in the leaves of green plants when the Sun's light is present.
What is Photosynthesis.
Animals that eat plants.
What are herbivores.
Visual that shows the amount of energy transferred in a food chain.
What are energy pyramids.
A series of steps in a cycle that allows abiotic elements to be used over and over again.
What is the cycling of matter.
Provides living things with oxygen, water, food and shelter.
What is habitat.
The green colour visible in most leaves.
What is chlorophyll.
An animal that hunts and consumes they prey.
What is a predator.
Shows the interconnected food chains.
What is a food web.
Matter made of up biotic elements.
What is organic matter.
Living things in an ecosystem.
What are biotic elements.
Combination of carbon dioxide, water and sunlight produces this sugar.
What is glucose.
Consumers that do not usually kill their own food.
What are scavengers.
One way path that energy moves through an ecosystem.
What is energy transfer.
Herbivores use these abundant organisms as a food source.
What are herbivores.
Non-living things in ecosystems.
What are abiotic elements.
1 - They produce oxygen.
2 - They supply food.
3 - They provide shelter.
What are the three roles of producers in an ecosystem.
Consumers that break down dead plants and animals.
What are decomposers.
An apex predator that receives the least amount of energy in a food chain.
What is Tertiary Consumers.
Abiotic elements are made up of these chemicals.
What are minerals.