Vocabulary
What is the living and nonliving things that interact in an environment
an ecosystem
What is the beginning of a food chain
what is the sun?
What are organisms that get their energy from the sun?
What are producers?
Food webs are made from _________ __________ that overlap
What is food chains
What is a group of organisms of the same kind living in the same place
a population
What is an animal that is hunted for food
prey
What ecosystem would you find a dry climate, sand, and cacti year round?
What is a desert ecosystem
Something that shows how ALL the animals in a COMMUNITY get their energy (food)
What is a food web
What is an overlapping food chain
a food web
What do arrows represent in a food chain and a food web?
energy
What are organisms that EAT to get their energy?
What are consumers?
A food web is like a spider web, all things are connected...What happens when a part of it is pulled out or broken?
What is it falls apart
what is the word meaning there is more than enough of in a population?
what is overabundant?
What is a living thing that breaks down dead things for food
decomposer
What is it called when there are no more of a certain type of organism on earth?
What is extinction?
What would happen if one link of a food web were to die off.
In a food WEB animals can find another source of food to survive
What is the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
what is habitat?
What is an animal that hunts another animal for food
predator
What is it called when there is very little of a population?
What is a scarce
What travels through a food chain or web?
What is energy?