Vocabulary 1
Diagram that shows the amount of energy that flows from producers to consumers
ENERGY PYRAMID
Animal that eats plants and other animals
Omnivore
All the members of one species that live within an area of an ecosystem
POPULATION
How would an ecosystem change if the rabbits that were the main prey for foxes became sick and died?
The foxes would decrease.
What might trees compete for in an environment?
Resources such as sunlight and space
Occurs when two or more living things need the same resources
COMPETITION
The movement of worn away rocks or soil
EROSION
What is the main source of energy in an ecosystem?
sunlight
How are a hawk and an owl able to succeed, even though they compete for food?
One hunts at night and the other at day.
Which type of ecosystem is made up of swamps and marshes?
wetlands
Organism that breaks down plant and animal waste and remains
Decomposer
The transfer of energy from one organism to another by eating and being eaten
FOOD CHAIN
What would help balance an ecosystem with too many rabbits?
A consumer, like foxes, to eat the rabbits
What might be a reason an animal becomes extinct?
Its habitat is destroyed.
What things are passed on in an ecosystem?
Energy and Matter
Important material that living things need
Resource
Animal that gets food by eating other animals
CARNIVORE
What would cause an ecosystem to change quickly?
Volcanoes, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes
In a simple food chain, a frog eats insects and a snake eats a frog. What is the primary role of the frog in the food chain?
to be a source of energy
What might be the effect of an ecosystem changing from rainy to dry?
a change in kinds of plants and animals in the ecosystem
System of overlapping food chains in which the flow of energy branches out in many directions
FOOD WEB
Animal that eats plants
HERBIVORE
Which type of ecosystem is the ground beneath the surface frozen all year?
Tundra
What is most likely to happen if most of a population of animals die of a disease?
The food web will change.
Two ways people can disturb an ecosystem are
building houses and roads.
All the living and nonliving things in an environment and the many ways they interact
ECOSYSTEM
Living thing makes its own food
PRODUCER
Is grass a producer or a consumer?
Producer
What is the driest ecosystem?
Desert
The base of the energy pyramid is the smallest. True or False?
False
Area or place where an organism lives in an ecosystem
HABITAT
Living thing that eats other living things
CONSUMER
What is the ecosystem that is covered with grass?
Grassland
Not all ________________are tropical. This ecosystem exists on our Pacific Northwest.
Rain Forests
The banana slug is great on a peanut butter sandwich. True or False???
False for humans, for sure!!