Ecosystems 1
something that makes food for itself
What is a producer?
An organism that uses sunlight to create its food
What is a producer
any animal that feeds mainly on plants; plant-eater
What is a herbivore?
any living thing that feeds on both plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
What do omnivores eat?
plants and animals (everything)
The arrows in a food chain and food web represent....
What is the flow of energy?
What happens to the energy levels as you move along a food chain?
The energy levels decrease
Wildebeest and Buffalo are example of this.
Herbivores
What is an organism that only eats plants
what is a herbivore?
What are the four systems of Earth
Bio / Hydro / Geo / Atmo - Sphere
Any living thing that feeds on the waste of dead bodies of other living things.
What is a decomposer?
bacteria, fungi, worms, ants, beetles, sow bugs
What are some examples of decomposers?
Food chains that is interconnected/overlaps in a particular ecosystem
What is a food web?
What should be at the start of every food chain
The Sun
An organism that eats plants and animals
What is an Omnivore?
Give an example of a fungi
Mushrooms
The living parts of an ecosystem
Biotic factors
Living organisms in an ecosystem
What is biotic?
What is it called when nitrogen in the air is changed so plants can use it?
Nitrogen Fixation
In the a food web the mushroom and bacteria are....
What are decomposers?
An organism that eats meat
What is a Carnivore
What does a food web show
How animals rely on each other in an environment to live.
Plants use this process to turn light into chemical energy
What is photosynthesis
An animal that does not make its own food.
What is a consumer?
What should be second in every food chain
A Producer
All the populations living in one place ?
What is Community?
A species of animals is introduced into a new environment and causes harm
What is an invasive species?
What is the name of the special tissue in plants that carry water
All energy flow flows in this.
Food chain or food web
Three types of organisms in an ecosystem.
What are producers, consumers, and decomposers?
Name on negative impact predators (such as wolves) can have on humans.
Many different answers.
A 'role' or 'function' of an organisms ______ includes what it eats.
What is a niche?
Apart from nitrogen fixing bacteria, what can cause nitrogen fixation
Lightning
What does the phloem transport?
Sugars
The special job or role something has in an ecosystem
Niche
What would happen to an ecosystem if all the consumers were gone?
Number of producers would increase
Leaves have tiny pores that allow water and air to move through them. What are these called?
Stomata