Name 3 apex predators in 10 seconds
Ms. Voight knows
True or false: Dung beetles are very important to ecosystems.
True.
What is a habitat?
A home for living things.
Name a type of ecosystem.
grassland, freshwater, saltwater, tundra, desert, forest
Is a producer an autotroph or heterotroph?
Autotroph
What is a decomposer?
It breaks down dead organisms.
A savannah is which type of ecosystem?
Grassland
What does biotic mean?
What is a food chain?
A model that shows how energy flows between living things.
What is the smallest ecosystem?
A micro ecosystem.
What does organic mean?
It was once alive.
What percentage of the food chain is eaten dead?
90%
What does abiotic mean?
A non-living thing.
What is a messo ecosystem?
A medium sized ecosystem
True or false: primary consumers are always herbivores.
True
What does terra mean?
Earth
What type of animals have to eat their food to get energy?
Heterotrophs
Name an abiotic element in a habitat/ecosystem.
What is an omnivore?
An animal that eats plants and animals
What is the largest level of an ecosystem?
Biome
Which habitat has very little precipitation (rainfall)?
Desert
What is a detritivore?
An organism that eats dead organisms.
What does coexisting mean?
Living together
What is the start and end of a food web?
Detritivores
What is the name for an ecosystem that changes weather based on season?
Temperate