Vocabulary Terms
A place where a living thing makes its home.
Habitat
This breaks down waste, dead plants, and animal matter.
decomposer
Fires are a natural event that causes changes in ecosystems. True or False?
True
The remains or marks of a living thing from long ago.
Fossil
An animal that only eats plants, not other animals.
Herbivore
An animal will migrate to a new place if there is not enough food. True or False?
True
Living and non-living things interacting in an environment.
Ecosystem
All the populations living in the same place?
Community
A food chain is a system of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem. True or False?
False; A food web
A system of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
Food Web
uses energy from the Sun to make their own food. (ex. plant)
PRODUCERS
List one way a groundhog burrowing can harm the ecosystem.
It can damage crops, lawns, and roots.
List ONE way a groundhog digging a burrow helps the ecosystem.
They are mixing up the soil or they are making homes for other animals.
A trait that helps a living thing survive in its environment.
Adaptation
Animals that MUST get energy by eating other animals.
CONSUMERS
Living parts of an ecosystem do NOT depend on nonliving parts. True or False?
False; They do depend on each other.
Give an example of a food chain. Explain who are the producers and consumers.
example: grass, prairie dog, eagle
If a rabbit left an ecosystem, what effect would id have on the consumers that eat the rabbits?
The consumers would have to eat another animal, move to another area, or could die.