Ecosystems
A community of living organisms and their interactions with their environment.
What is an ecosystem?
Organisms that eat other organisms for energy.
What are consumers?
Organisms that make their own food, primarily plants.
What are producers?
Organisms that break down dead organic material.
What are decomposers?
The process by which plants make their own food using sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
Forest, desert, grassland, etc.
What are examples of an ecosystem?
Herbivore, carnivore, omnivore.
What are some examples of consumer?
Photosynthesis
What process do producers use to make food?
Fungi, bacteria, earthworms.
Name one example of a decomposer.
Sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water.
What are the main ingredients needed for photosynthesis?
Jaguar, snakes, monkeys, parrots, etc
What lives in a rainforest ecosystem?
An organism that eats producers, like a rabbit.
What is a primary consumer?
Grass, trees, algae, etc.
What is a type of producer?
They recycle nutrients back into the soil.
What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?
Glucose (sugar) and oxygen.
What do plants produce during photosynthesis?
Climate change, pollution, habitat destruction, etc.
What harms an ecosystem?
They control the population of producers and other consumers.
How do consumers help maintain the balance in an ecosystem?
They provide food and oxygen for consumers.
Why are producers important to an ecosystem?
They enrich the soil with nutrients as they break down matter.
How do decomposers affect soil health?
It produces oxygen and is the foundation of food chains.
Why is photosynthesis important for life on Earth?
This is what happens when an owl regurgitates.
What is an owl pellet?
It can lead to a depletion of producers and disrupt the ecosystem.
What happens if there are too many consumers in an ecosystem?
They absorb carbon dioxide during photosynthesis.
How do producers contribute to the carbon cycle?
They release carbon back into the atmosphere as they decompose material.
What is the relationship between decomposers and the carbon cycle?
6CO2+6H2O+light energy→C6H12O6+6O2
What is the equation for photosynthesis?