Vocab
Movement of a whole group of animals from one ecosystem to another ecosystem is called?
Migration
What animal helps keep the ecosystem clean by eating what has already died?
Scavenger
The transfer of energy and nutrients through a community is called?
A. Migration
B. Symbiosis
C. Food Chain
D. Food Web
C. Food Chain
The animal that hunts and eats other animals is called _______?
Predator
Each living member of an ecosystem.
Individual
The non-living part of the ecosystem is called?
Environment
Name 3 reasons why an animal might migrate.
Raise young/reproduce, search for food, temperature
Which type of organisms eats both plants and animals?
A. Producer
B. Carnivore
C. Herbivore
D. Omnivore
D. Omnivore
What occurs whenever two or more organisms are trying to use the same resource?
competition
The place where an organism lives.
Habitat
What do you call it if an animals is copying another animal as an adaptation to survive?
Mimicry
What are the 3 things a producer needs to make their food?
Sunlight (Energy), Water, and Carbon Dioxide
Which of the following is not a type of decomposer?
A. Virus
B. Fungi
C. Invertebrates
D. Bacteria
A. Virus
What organisms does the food chain begin with?
Producer
All the organisms of the same species that live in an ecosystem.
Population
The basic knowledge and skills that are God-given to help organisms survive.
Instincts
What crucial need does the pyramid show moving through a food web?
Energy
Which organism depends on the sun for their energy?
A. Consumers
B. Producers
C. Scavengers
D. Decomposers
B. Producers
What is a special partnership in which two species interact with each other over a long period of time?
symbiosis
All the different species that live in a particular ecosystem.
Community
A type of relationship that benefits one organism and the other is neither helped or harmed.
Commensalism
Name the four needs an animal has to survive.
Food, water, shelter, and protection from consumers.
Which of the following is not an adaptation used by animals?
A. camouflage
B. thorns or stinging hairs
C. mimicry
D. living in groups
B. thorns or stinging hairs
What are the special characteristics or skills that help living things survive in their environments?
Adaptations
An organism's specific function or job in the ecosystem.
Niche