Type of Ecosystem
Large bodies of salt water
Ocean
A living thing that makes its own food
Producer
All the living and nonliving things in an area
Ecosystem
Animals that hunt other animals for food
Predator
Land based ecosystems
Terrestrial Ecosystem
Large bodies of freshwater surrounded by land
Lake
Consumer
Resource
Prey
Aquatic Ecosystem
Smaller bodies of freshwater surrounded by land
Pond
Consumers that eat only plants
Herbivore
A rise or fall of ocean water
Tide
A model that shows the path of energy as it flows from one living thing to the next
Food Chain
Ecosystems that contain many trees
Forest
Ecosystems with fertile soil covered by tall grasses
Grasslands
Consumers that eat only animals
Carnivores
The demand for a resource by two or more organisms
Competition
Several food chains connected to show all the food possibilities
Food Web
A flat area of land that salt water overflows
Salt Marsh
A body of water in which freshwater from a river meets and mixes with salt water from the ocean
Estuary
Consumers that eat both plants and animals
Omnivore
When things come into contact with and affect one another
Interact
A diagram that shows how the amount of energy left for consumers changes as the energy moves through a food chain or food web
Energy Pyramid
The process by which plants and algae use energy from sunlight to make their own food
Photosynthesis