Types of animals
Animals that eat only plants
herbivores
True or False: An ecosystem contains populations, but no communities.
False: Both are in an ecosystem
This dry biome gets very little rain. It can be hot or cold.
desert
The place where a plant or animal lives.
habitat
Producers could not make food without what?
sunlight
Animals that only eat meat
carnivores
Name 3 biotic factors
Possible answers are any animal, plant, or human
This is a cold, dry biome. The ground is frozen year round.
tundra
The living and nonliving things in an environment and all their interactions
ecosystem
Which group is always found at the base of an energy pyramid?
producers
omnivore
Name 3 abiotic factors
Possible answers: rocks, dirt, water, sunlight
Many trees in this biome lose their leaves every year in the fall.
deciduous forest
All the food chains in an ecosystem
food web
Nutrients are added to the soil with the help of what?
decomposers
Give an example for each of the groups of consumers
Many possible right answers, Mrs. Krome will let you know.
All the members of a species that live in an ecosystem
population
This biome has fertile soil and some, but not much rainfall.
grassland
The struggle between organisms for food and water
competition
What do the arrows in a food chain show?
The path that energy flows from one organism to the next.
A carnivore that hunts its prey
predator
Butterflies and daisies can be the members of the same what?
community
The largest biome in the world. Its trees provide most of the world's lumber.
Taiga
The flow of energy from one organism to another
food chain
Put consumer, decomposers, and producers in the correct order in which energy flows in a food chain.
producer - consumer - decomposer