Vocab 1
Everything that surrounds a living thing is its...
Environment
Any living thing that eats another living thing is a
Consumer
Give an example of a decomposer.
Earthworm, bacteria, or a mushroom.
What is the beginning of any food chain?
the sun
When we get too little rain it causes a _________.
When we get too much rain it causes a _________.
Drought
Flood
The space where an animal's needs are met for food, water, and shelter.
Habitat
A living thing that makes its own food and gets its energy from the sun is called a...
Producer
An animal that eats only plants is called a...
herbivore
Wha comes after the sun in a food chain ?
A producer (plant)
How does a lion balance the ecosystem?
Lions hunt and keep the populations of their prey from becoming too big.
All of one kind of animal living in the same area.
Population
Anything that breaks down waste and dead things is called a....
Decomposer
An animal that eats only meat is a ...
Carnivore
Which of these is out of order?
Grass, sun, rabbit, hawk
Grass and Sun
Name one way that people can change the environment.
Pollution, cutting down trees, building dams, causing fires, etc.
All of the living and nonliving things in a place.
Ecosystem
This shows the path of food or energy transferred from one living thing to another.
Food Chain
What is an omnivore?
Which of these is a predator?
Bear, Berries, fish, chipmunk
Bear
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
Food Web
What caused the greatest change to all of earth's ecosystems?
The Fall (Adam & Eve's sin)
What type of animal is typically the top of the food chain or food web?
An omnivore.
Give one way a fire can have a positive effect and one 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.