Vocabulary
An organism that creates its own food using energy from the sun
Producer
Shark
Carnivore/Secondary Consumer
Snake Mouse
Mouse------>Snake
What is the difference between a habitat and an ecosystem?
An ecosystem is all the living and nonliving things in an environment and the ways they interact. A habitat is the specific area where an organism lives in an ecosystem that contains all the living and nonliving things that organism needs to survive.
Your town would be your ecosystem but your address would be your habitat.
Adapt
Change
Food web
Multiple food chains together
Sunflower
Primary Producer
Algae Fish
Algae -----> Fish
What is at the bottom of every food chain?
Primary Producers
Predator
An animal that lives mostly by killing and eating other animals
Food Chain
Shows how organisms are dependent on each other for food
Grasshopper
Herbivores/Primary Consumer
Bobcat Rabbit
Bobcat <------ Rabbit
What do all organisms need to survive?
water, air, space, shelter, and food
Survival
to stay living
An organism that eats mostly other animals for energy
carnivore
Crab
Omnivore/Primary Consumer
Humans Octopus
Octopus ----> Human
Why are decomposers an important part of an ecosystem?
Decomposers break down dead organisms and return nutrients from those organisms to the soil. Without decomposers the food chain wouldn’t be complete.
The process in which green plants use sunlight to make their own food
Organism that eats mostly plants for energy
Herbivore
Artic
Carnivore/Secondary Consumer
Algae Frogs
Algae ---> Frogs
Without energy from the ______ food chains would not be possible.
Sun
Prey
An animal haunted or killed by another animal for food