Ecosystems
What is an ecosystem?
A place where plants, animals, and nonliving things live and interact.
What is a food chain?
A path that shows how energy moves from one living thing to another.
Is a rock living or nonliving?
Nonliving.
What is a producer?
A plant that makes its own food.
Where does all energy in a food chain come from?
The Sun.
Name one type of ecosystem.
Forest, desert, ocean, grassland, pond (any one).
What comes first in most food chains?
Plants
Is a tree living or nonliving?
Living.
What do producers use to make food?
Sunlight, water, and air.
Energy moves from plants to ____?
Animals.
What is a habitat?
The home of a plant or animal.
Who eats plants in a food chain?
Herbivores.
Name two nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
Water, air, soil, rocks, sunlight (any two).
What is a consumer?
An animal that eats plants or other animals.
What happens to energy as it moves through a food chain?
Some energy is lost as heat.
Why are ecosystems important?
They help living things survive by providing food, water, and shelter.
Who eats other animals?
Carnivores.
Name two living parts of an ecosystem.
Plants and animals.
What kind of consumer eats only plants?
Herbivore.
What would happen if there were no producers?
Consumers would not have food.
What can happen if an ecosystem is damaged?
Plants and animals can lose their homes and food.
What is an animal called that eats both plants and animals?
Omnivore.
What do all living things need?
Food, water, air, and space.
Why are producers important in a food chain?
They start the food chain by making food.
How does energy move in a food chain: in a circle or in one direction?
One direction.