Ecosystem
What is an ecosystem?
Includes all living and non living things.
What is a food chain?
A food chain is how any living thing gets their food.
What is a herbivore consumer?
An animal that only eats plants.
True or false. All plants are producers.
True
What is a habitat?
A habitat is like a home for a living thing.
An example of a biotic element.
Trees, plants, humans, animals, anything that is living!
A food chain begins with......?
A plant
What is an omnivore and carnivore consumer?
An omnivore consumer eats both plant and animals.
A carnivore consumer mainly eats other animals (meat).
True or false. All animals are consumers.
True
What is biodiversity?
The variety of plants, animals, and ecosystems in the world.
An example of an abiotic element in an ecosystem.
air, sun, water, rocks
Where do plants get their food (energy)?
The sun
Give me an example of an omnivore, herbivore, and a carnivore.
omnivore - racoons, turtle, fox
herbivore - horses, cows, rabbits
carnivore - frogs, lions, cheetahs
What do producers do?
Producers make their own food by getting energy from the sun.
What are the three levels of biodiveristy?
Different ecosystems, different species, different genes.
What is a community?
All the different kinds of living things that live together in the same place.
Using producer and consumer, what is the order of this food chain?
Plant, grasshopper, frog, snake, eagle.
Producer, consumer, consumer, consumer, consumer
Afer reading the book What is a Food Chain? on Epic.
What type of consumer is a chipmunk, a racoon, and a mouse?
Omnivore
Who is the consumer in this food chain?
Sun, plant, rabbit, fox, lion
rabbit, fox, lion
Why is biodiveristy so important?
What is a population?
Give me an example.
A population is the number of one species in a place.
The number of ants in the school area.
Give me an example of a food chain.
Answers will vary.
Tree, deer, lion
Plant, grasshopper, mouse, racoon
Afer reading the book What is a Food Chain? on Epic.
What is a food web?
When animals eat more than one kind of food.
What do decomposers do?
They act like a cleanup crew. They eat dead plants and animals.
Which ecosystem did we read about in class?
Polar Ecosystem