Vocabulary
A group of living things that form a link in which the first living thing is eaten by the second, the second is eaten by the third, and so on
What is a food chain?
A bear is an example of this type of consumer.
What is: an omnivore?
A group of organisms of the same kind that lives in the same place
What is a population?
A school of fish is an example of a ______.
population
A hawk is this to a snake.
What is: a predator?
An animal that eats only plants.
herbivore
A rabbit is an example of this type of consumer.
What is: a herbivore?
All of the populations that live together in the same place
What is a community?
Which of the following does not belong in the same ecosystem? seaweed, whales, crabs, elk, sharks
elk
Which of the following does not belong in he same ecosystem? rabbit, squirrel, deer, zebra, rabbit
zebra
An animal that eats only other animals.
carnivore
A lion is an example of this type of consumer.
What is: an omnivore?
All of the living things and nonliving things in an environment.
What is an ecosystem?
Which of the following does not belong in the same ecosystem? pine trees, shrimp, oak trees, owls, deer
shrimp
Flower - butterfly - frog - snake
What is: (an example of) a food chain?
The animal that is eaten by the predator.
prey
If a mouse is hunted and eaten by a snake, then the mouse has this role in a food chain.
What is: prey?
Place where an organism lives; can change due to many influences and from season to season
What is a habitat?
Name 4 types of terrestrial environments
What are: desert, grassland, rain forest, & forests?
Which of the following does not belong in the same ecosystem? fish shark, apple tree, algae, plankton
apple tree
An animal that hunts and kills the food it eats.
predator
Which is an example of a community?
herd of elephants
pack of wolves
insects, butterflies, tulips
insects, butterflies, tulips
An ecosystem on land.
terrestrial
Name 5 types of water-related environments
What are: ponds, marshes (swamps), streams, rivers, & oceans?
Which of the following does not belong in the same ecosystem? dolphin, dragonfly, frog, fish, duck
dolphin