Living and Nonliving things
A living thing made up of many organ systems
organism
an living thing that makes its own food and gets its energy directly from the sun
producer
Grass-->Grasshopper-->Bird-->Hawk What is the producer in this food chain?
grass
A living thing that hunts other living things.
predator
What does it mean to adapt?
To change
All the living and nonliving things and the environment in which they interact
Ecosystem
The process in which plants use energy from the sun to produce food (glucose).
Photosynthesis
Berry Bush-->Snake-->Grasshopper-->Fox What is wrong with this food chain?
the snake and grasshopper are backwards
An animal that is hunted is known as
prey
An animal that has the same body temperature all the time
Warm-Blooded
What moves from one living thing to another as animals eat?
Energy
a living thing that gets its energy from eating other living things
consumer
Define Food Chain
A food chain is the transfer of food energy from plants to an animal and then to another animal
What type of consumer receives their energy from only producers?
Herbivores
An animal with a body temperature that changes depending on its surroundings
Cold-blooded
All the living and nonliving things around a plant or animal
environment
Why does a food chain begin with the sun?
Producers need the sun to perform photosynthesis and make food
What happens to energy that an animal does not use?
It is stored.
List three examples of a producer.
grass, trees, nuts, plants, etc.
How can people cause change in an ecosystem?
Overfishing; Using resources wisely
All the living things of one kind that live in an area
Population
an living thing that helps breaks down dead things and waste
decomposer
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
A food web shows multiple prey and predator links, but a food chain shows only one.
List three examples of a consumer
rabbits, lions, humans, snakes, etc.
What is the difference between an ecosystem, a habitat, and a community?
An ecosystem includes all the living and non-living things and the environment they interact in, a community is just the living things in the environment, and a habitat is where these living things find shelter.