Ecosystem Basics
A group of things that work and live together in an environment
What is an ecosystem?
Any living thing or something that was once living
What is biotic?
How plants make their own food- they need sunlight, air, and water
What is photosynthesis?
Every food chain starts with these, they make their own food
What is a producer?
Any animal that is caught or hunted for food
What is a prey?
The environment where animals lives
What is a habitat?
Non-living things
What is abiotic?
A group of food chains that overlap
What is a food web?
An animal that hunts other animals for food
What is a predator?
An animal with camouflage has this adaptation for _____
What is survival?
A group of the same kind of plant or animal all living in the same ecosystem
What is population?
A living thing
What is an organism?
A series of organisms that depend on one another for food
What is a food chain?
A consumer that eats only plants
What is a herbivore?
A body part or behavior that helps an organism to survive
What is adaption?
The death, or dying out, of all members o f a group of organisms
What is extinction?
Rocks, air, water are examples of ____
What is abiotic?
Recycle decaying plants and animals back into the soil
What is a decomposer?
A consumer that eats meat
What is a carnivore?
When there are very few of a certain species left in the world but they haven't died off yet they are known as ______
What is an endangered species?
An organism in danger of disappearing forever
What is an endangered species?
Plants, animals, and people are examples of ____
What is biotic?
Organisms that get energy from other organisms
What is a consumer?
Consumers that eat both meat and plants
What is an omnivore?
The basic needs every living things needs to survive: ____, ____, ____, ____
What is food, water, air, and shelter?