Food Chains
A model that shows the order in which organisms eat one another is called?
Food chain
The main source of energy in any ecosystem is what?
The sun
Consumers do what to obtain food?
Eat organisms
Producers do what to obtain food?
Make it themselves
Decomposers do what to produce food?
Eat dead organic material
What does eating allow organisms to do?
Grow larger
What does it mean to digest food?
Break it down
Carnivores eat what?
Other animals
What is the most common type of producer?
Plants
What is organic matter?
Matter that is or was alive
Scientists that study ecosystems are called what?
Ecologists
What is an ecosystem?
A group of connected organisms
Herbivores eat what?
Plants
Photosynthesis
What is the most common type of decomposer?
Beetle
A system of connected food chains is called what?
Food web
What ecosystem likely has the following organisms:
Pine tree, bear, rabbit, deer, blue jay
Forest
Omnivores eat what?
Both plants and animals
What do plants need to begin photosynthesis?
Water, carbon dioxide, sunlight
What decomposer cleans up waste from the ecosystem?
Dung beetle
What are the five basic needs of any living organism?
Food, air, water, shelter, sunlight
Why can't carnivores eat plants?
They do not get the right nutrients from plants
What kind of consumer are humans?
Omnivore
What do plants make at the end of photosynthesis?
Oxygen and sugar
Why are decomposers important for the ecosystem?
They get rid of waste and dead organisms