Ecosystems 1
An organism that eats meat
What is a Carnivore
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?
What do omnivores eat?
What is both plants and animals?
an organism that hunts, kills, and eats other organisms
What is a predator
A top predator in a food web
What is an apex predator?
Where does all energy originate from?
the sun
Plants use this process to make their own food
What is photosynthesis?
In a food web the mushroom and bacteria are....
What are decomposers?
Organisms that eat both plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
An animal that is hunted and killed by another animal for food
What is prey?
Animals that only eat plants
What are herbivores?
If all the plants died in an ecosystem this would eventually happen to all the animals.
What is die also?
bacteria, fungi, worms, ants, beetles, sow bugs
What are some examples of decomposers?
Give three examples of nonliving components of an ecosystem
What is rocks, water, air, sunlight, etc
At the beginning of the food chain, what are those organisms called
What are producers
Nonliving things in an ecosystem
air, water, food, etc.
The living and nonliving things and the ways they interact in an environment
What is an ecosystem?
A new species that causes harm to the new environment, primarily by stealing resources
Invasive species
The 3 things plants need for photosynthesis
What are water, carbon dioxide and Sun?
Living things in an ecosystem are called...
What are biotic factors?
An animal that eats plants or other animals and does not make its own food.
What is a consumer?
3 basic needs of an organism in their habitat to survive
What is shelter, food, water
Food chains that is interconnected/overlaps in a particular ecosystem
What is a food web?
Organisms that are supposed to live in a certain ecosystem
What is a native species?
How does the energy from the sun get to the different parts of an ecosystem?
The sunlight is absorbed by plants, then a consumer eats the plants and gets the energy. Then this continues until an organism dies and the decomposers break down the organism and return its energy to the soil
Explain how an invasive species can effect an ecosystem
Answers may vary - overpopulation or loss of species
Arrows in a food chain represent what?
What is the flow of energy?
Give an example of a negative impact humans make on the environment
What is overfishing, deforestation, etc