Vocabulary 1
Everything that surrounds a living this is its...
Environment
When an animal eats other living things they are called a...
consumer
This saltwater ecosystem covers much of the earth's surface.
Ocean
What is a carnivore?
An animal that eats only meat.
When we get too little rain it causes a _________.
When we get too much rain it causes a _________.
Drought
Flood
The space where a plant or animal lives.
Habitat
A living thing that makes its own food is called a...
Fox and deer drink the fresh water from this water ecosystem.
River
Give an example of a decomposer.
Earthworm, bacteria, or a mushroom.
This happens when small pieces of rock are carried away by water and sometimes wind.
Erosion
All of one kind of organism living in the same area.
Population
An organism that breaks down dead organisms for food is called a....
Decomposer
This ecosystem's main plant is grass.
Grassland
An animal that eats only plants is called a...
herbivore
Name 1 way that people can change the environment.
Cutting down trees, building dams, causing wild fires, pollution.
All of the living and nonliving things in a place.
Ecosystem
This shows the path of food from one living things to another.
Food Chain
Steller's jays and mountain goats live in this ecosystem.
Mountains
What is an omnivore?
How can a beaver change the environment?
Cuts down trees to build dams.
All of the populations that live and interact in an area
Community
Plants use this process to make food. During this process, plans use the energy from the sun to change water and carbon dioxide into sugars. What is this process called?
Photosynthesis
This ecosystem has the cactus, a plant that stores water in its stem.
Desert
What provides energy in every food chain?
The sun
Give 1 way a fire can have a positive effect and 1 way that a fire can have a negative effect on the environment.
Positive: Clears space & pinecones open up to let their seeds out.
Negatives: Destroys trees and other plants. Destroys habitats.