Parts of an Ecosystem
All the living and non living things in an environment
Ecosystem
The driest type of ecosystem
Desert
These animals eat plants
Herbivores
What is a food chain?
When animals eat or are eaten for energy
What flows through an ecosystem?
Matter and Energy
All the members of ONE species
Population
Ecosystem covered in grasses and receive medium rain fall
Grassland
The animals eat meat
Carnivore
What is at the beginning of every food chain?
The sun
All living things eventually rot or...
Decay
The different populations in the same area make up a what?
Comminuty
Cold, dry ecosystem that has frozen ground all year long
Tundra
These animals eat both plants and meat
Omnivores
What is the second thing in a food chain?
During decay, these animals feed on the remains
Scavengers
Non living things in an ecosystem
Air, water, dirt, sun
Ecosystem filled with trees, wildflowers, and animals and receives medium rainfall
Forest
Get their energy from the sun
Producers (plants)
A system of over lapping food chains
Food Web
Minerals and nutrients
The specific role and organism has in its habitat
Niche
Ecosystem that is always wet and gets rain all year round
Tropical Rain Forest
Break down the remains of dead plants and animals
Decomposer
Which was do the arrows point in a chain or web?
The direction the flow of energy is going
What decomposes faster- an insect or a plastic bag
Insect