Ecosystems 1
What is a producer?
Something that produces food for itself
What is a herbivore?
An organism that only eats plants
What are food chains?
the flow of energy from a producer to one or more consumers.
What are examples of a producer?
Trees, flowers, grass
What is Ms.Allred's favorite color
Aqua/blues
What is a consumer?
Something that eats something else for food
What is an omnivore?
An organism that eats both plants and animals.
What are some examples of decomposers?
Fungi, mushrooms, bacteria
What is Ms.Allreds favorite consumer?
Highland Cows or cows in general
What is Ms.Allred's dogs name?
Nyla
What are nonliving components in an ecosystem?
Air,water, and the sun
What do the arrows represent in a food chain?
The flow of energy
What are three types of organisms in an ecosystem?
Producers, consumers and decomposers
Plants use this process to turn light into chemical energy
Photosynthesis
What does Ms.Allred like to do in her free time?
Anything outdoors
What is an ecosystem?
The living and nonliving things in an environment?
What is a decomposer?
Any organism that feeds on waste
What is a scavenger?
An organism that feeds on dead and decaying organisms.
What are some examples of consumers?
Snakes, cows, pigs
What is Ms.Allred's favorite resturant/
Texas Roadhouse
What is a carnivore?
An organism that eats meat
What is a food web?
A system of overlapping food chains.
What does a food web show?
How animals rely on other in an environment
All food chains have what in common?
They all start with a producer.
Where does Ms.Allred want to travel?