Ecosystem parts
all the living things and their environment
What is an ecosystem?
The food chain begins with these
What are producers?
two parts of the ecosystem
Provides energy for all living things
What is the sun?
special characteristic or skill that helps living things survive
What are adaptations?
Each living member of an ecosystem
What is an individual?
Depend on producers
What are consumers?
the process of making food
What is photosynthesis?
the transfer of energy through a community
What is the food chain?
two species interacting over a long period of time
What is symbiosis?
all the organisms of the same species living in an ecosystem
What is a population?
Consumers that eat only plants
What are herbivores?
animals that eat dead things
What are scavengers?
several food chains linked together
What is a food web?
God-given basic knowledge and skills
What are instincts?
all the different species in an ecosystem
What is a community?
Eat only meat
What are carnivores?
Eat plants and animals
What are omnivores?
an animal that hunts and eats other animals
What is a predator?
What is migration?
An organisms specific function or job
What is a niche?
break down dead things
What are decomposers?
a place where a population lives
What is a habitat?
required for photosynthesis
behaviors that are not inherited