Levels
What is an organism?
one living thing
ex. coyote
What is a habitat?
An area that meets an organism's needs.
What does abiotic mean?
nonliving
What is a producer?
An organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis.
What is an herbivore?
An organism that eats producers only.
All of one species in an area.
ex. pack of coyotes
What four things to plants need to survive in their habitat?
Light
Water
Air
Soil
What does biotic mean?
living
What is a consumer?
organisms that eat other living things
What is a carnivore?
An organism that consumers only.
What is a community?
All of the living things in an area.
ex. coyotes, deer, snakes and shrubs
Animals need what 4 things to survive in their habitat?
Food
Water
Shelter
Space
Name 3 examples of biotic factors in an ecosystem.
deer, coyote, moss, any plants and any animals
What is a decomposer?
Get their energy from dead plants or animals
What is an omnivore?
An organism that eats producers and consumers.
What is an ecosystem?
All of the living and nonliving things in an area interacting together.
ex. coyotes, deer, snakes, shrubs, rocks and sunlight
Name how an abiotic factor interacts with a biotic factor in an ecosystem.
Animal lifting up a rock, animal drinking water
Name 3 examples of abiotic factors in an ecosystem.
sunlight, temperature, rocks, sand and air
Where do producers get their energy?
The sun
Name an example of an ecosystem
Answers will vary. desert, tundra, rainforest
Name the levels of an ecosystem starting with the smallest level.
Organism
Population
Community
Ecosystem
What does dem- mean?
people
ex. democracy
An example of how a biotic factor and a biotic factor interact in an ecosystem.
Snake eating a mouse, bird eating a plant
What does anti- mean?
against
ex. antibiotic
What does salinity mean?
How much salt there is