Vocabulary
animals that eat other animals
carnivore
Decomposers put _____ into the soil.
water minerals
energy nutrients
nutrients
What would happen if there were no decomposers?
dead matter would be everywhere
living and nonliving things that interact in an environment
ecosystem
Which is the herbivore?
bears frogs tigers cows wolf
cows
To live and grown, every living things needs ___
energy
the place where an organism lives
habitat
Which is NOT a decomposer?
snails cats bacteria worms
cats
Name 2 living things in an ecosystem
ex: plants, animals
food web
An omnivore will eat ____
fish and chicken nothing
apples and grapes porkchop and salad
porkchop and salad
Name 2 nonliving things in an ecosystem
ex: water, rock, sun
shows how energy passes from one organism to another
food chain
Most producers get their energy from ____
energy sun consumers plants
sun
How do living and nonliving things interact in an ecosystem? (sun, plants, animals, decomposers, soil)
Use all words in a short answer.
Plants get energy from the sun. Animals eat plants and/or other animals. The decomposers break them down when they die and add nutrients to the soil.
this breaks down dead plant and animal material
decomposer
Give an example of a predator and a prey. Label them!
Predator: snake
Prey: mouse
animals that eat only plants
herbivore
hunts other organism for food
predators
an organism that eats other organism
consumer
animal that eats both plants and animals
omnivore
organisms that are hunted (PLEASE don't eat me!)
prey
an organism that makes it own food
producer