Ecosystems 1
something that produces food for itself
What is a producer?
An organism that only eats meat
What is a carnivore?
any animal that feeds mainly on plants; plant-eater
What is a herbivore?
A Living thing
What is an organism?
The arrows in a food chain and food web represent....
What is the flow of energy?
bacteria, fungi, worms, ants, beetles, sow bugs
What are some examples of decomposers?
Cheetah, Shark, T.Rex
What is a carnivore?
Animal that eats both plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
Animals ____________ for food, water, territory, and mates.
What is competition?
Where energy for all living things comes from
What is the Sun?
Three types of organisms in an ecosystem.
What are producers, consumers, and decomposers?
a system of overlapping food chains
What is a food web?
What kind of ecosystem is a healthy one?
What is balanced?
All the populations living in one place
What is Community?
What is a biotic factor?
A herd of buffalo in a safari.
What is a population?
a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water
What is a drought?
Give an example of ways that humans affect an ecosystem. One positive, one negative
answers will vary
A species that does not belong to a specific ecosystem__________.
What is an invasive species?
non-living components of an ecosystem such as sunlight, air and water
What is an abiotic factor?
Plants use this process to turn light into chemical energy
What is photosynthesis
the act of removing a habitat by clearing a wide area of trees.
What is deforestation?
What is the difference between a population and a community?
Population- same species in one area
Community- all living this in one area
Fertilizer running into local swamps and ponds causing the over growth of algae. Who causes this?
What is a human impact to an ecosystem?
All energy flows in this.
What is a food chain or food web?
Nutrients that help plants grow but can destroy ecosystems
What is fertilizer?
Locusts destroying food supply for native organisms
What is an invasive species?