Wow Ecosystems!
What are the two parts of an ecosystem?
Living and non living organisms
What is herbivore?
An animal that only eats plants
Explain what a scanvenger is
An animal that feeds on the bodies of dead animals
What a parrot's niche in a rainforest?
Parrots eat other plants for food and they are other organisms food for energy.
What is the difference between an omnivore and a carnivore?
One eats both plants and animals and one only eats animals.
How does soil have nutrients in it?
It has waste from other animals after they have consumed their energy
Explain what ecology is
It is the study of the relationships among the living and nonliving parts in an area
How does the process of photosynthesis work?
It is the process by which plants use sunlight to make sugar from water and carbon dioxide.
Explain what a decomposer is
An organism that helps break down and decay dead organisms
What is the difference between population and community?
Population
What is the difference between a producer and consumer?
Producer-an organism that uses sunlight to make sugar from water and carbon dioxide
Consumer-An organism that consumes other organisms for food
What do decomposers break down their "food" into?
Simple nutrients that plants can use
Describe a Howler Monkey's habitat and what they need to survive.
Give different examples what a omnivore is (must give 3 examples)
Bears, foxes, birds
What would happen to plants if we didn't have decomposers?
There wouldn't be any nutrients for plants to grow