Living/Nonliving
Ecosystems
Food Chains
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Role in the Ecosystem
100
All living and nonliving things that interact in an area is this. 

What is an ecosystem

100

Only eats meat

What is a carnivore

100

This is the source of all energy on earth.

What is the sun

100

An animal that is going into deep sleep in the winter is doing this. 

What is hibernating.

100
Animal that hunts for its food.
What is a predator
200

Periods of no rain also called this, can cause plants to die. 

What is a drought.

200
Only eats plants
What is a herbivore
200

Algae and trees are examples of these. 

What are producers

200

Name three things a plant needs to do photosynthesis

What is air, sunlight, water

200
Animal that is eaten by a predator
What is prey.
300

Give 4 examples of nonliving things in an ecosystem. 

What is air, soil, water, and sunlight.

300
Eats both plants and animals
What is an omnivore
300

The organism that eats the producer is called this.

Primary consumer

300

Organism that obtains nutrients from dead organisms around it. Fungi and bacteria are examples of it. 

What is a decomposer

300
Organism that cannot make its own food.
What is a consumer
400

Most plants store their food here.

What is stems or roots. 

400

Scientists who study the environment are called this. 

What is ecologists.

400
Organism that eats the primary consumer.
What is a secondary consumer
400

This period of rest saves energy for a plant.

What is dormancy

400

An event or change to an ecosystem that has lasting changes. 

What is a disturbance

500
Many consumers store food as this in their blood for a short period of time. 

What is sugar

500
Why do we need predators in our ecosystem?
Because without predators we have would have too much prey.
500

This can accurately show the complex feeding relationships among living things. 

What is a food web.

500

Animals that move in a cycle to meet their needs are doing this. 

What is migrating

500

The changes that take place after an ecosystem has been disturbed is called this.  

What is succession.