Ecosystems
A system where living and non living things interact.
What is an ecosystem?
The name for a living thing that makes it's own food.
What is a producer?
A living thing in an ecosystem, like a tree.
What is a biotic factor?
Trash or chemicals that harm the environment.
What is pollution?
An organism that eats other living things.
What is a consumer?
Something plants need from the sky to grow.
What is sunlight?
The term for an animal that only eats plants.
What is a herbivore?
A non living part of an ecosystem, like water.
What is an abiotic factor?
A human action that damages ecosystems.
What is littering?
The place where an animal or plant lives.
What is a habitat?
The main source of energy for most ecosystems.
What is the sun?
The correct order: sun - plant - animal.
What is a food chain?
An example of something NOT abiotic.
What is a mushroom?
The process mostly caused by greenhouse gases.
What is climate change?
The process plants use to make food using sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
A type of ecosystem made of flowing freshwater
What is a river?
The top predator in a food chain.
What is an apex predator?
A factor that affects both living and non living parts of nature.
What is a human?
An action that helps protect nature.
What is recycling?
The scientific word for an animal that eats both plants and other animals.
What is an omnivore?
The word for a wide variety of living things in an area.
What is biodiversity?
The organisms that break down dead plants and animals.
What are decomposers?
A mix of air, minerals, and organic matter on the ground.
What is soil?
What is loss of animal habitats?
A group of the same species living in the same area.
What is a population?