Ecosystem Basics
This term describes all of the living and non-living things in an environment interacting together.
An ecosystem
Because they use sunlight to make their own food, green plants and algae are known as this.
Producers
All members of one species make up a ____, while all species together make up a ____.
A population and a community
This term describes animals entering a deep sleep during winter.
Hibernation
After a forest fire, name two ways animals survive.
Move to a new environment or adapt
What term describes the following scenario: A forest has an unusually large amount of rain, leading to more grass than the deer can eat.
Overabundant
Without these organisms, dead plants and animals would not disappear.
A large fish eats a smaller fish. The smaller fish is the _______.
The prey
Sharp spines or shells help an animal avoid being eaten. This is for ______.
Protection
A physical trait that helps an animal blend in.
Camouflage
If predators disappear, what happens to the prey population?
The population increases
In a food web, what does the arrow represent?
The flow of energy
Where does the energy for the first organism in a food chain come from?
The Sun
This term describes a harmless animal looking like a dangerous one.
Animals moving to warmer places during winter.
Migration
This type of consumer only eats plants.
Herbivore