Vocabulary
What do you call an animal that is hunted for food?
prey
How do plants get their energy they need to live
What is a producer?
How do animals get their energy they need to live?
Eat other organisms
What is a consumer?
A living thing that gets energy by eating other animals for food
What are examples of an environmental factor?
Light, temperature, water, moisture, rock, organisms
What is a decomposer?
What is a living thing that breaks down dead things for food
What are enivornmental factors?
One part of an enviornment
What is carrying capacity?
The greatest number of organisms that can be supported by an area without damaging it
What is the beginning group of all food chains?
producers
What is a food chain?
The transfer of energy from one organism to another