Ecosystems
A community of living and non-living things that come together.
What is an ecosystem?
Water, food, shelter, space and air
What are the five things that living things need to survive?
Physical things that lack the ability to grow or reproduce.
What are abiotic factors in an ecosystem?
The sun.
What is the source of energy for all life on Earth?
Producers
What organisms create their own food from sunlight and water?
An ecosystem characterized by very little water or rainfall.
What is a desert?
Biotic factors
What are living things in the ecosystem called?
These are part of the rock cycle.
What are sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic rocks?
They break down organisms so their components can be recycled.
What are decomposers?
Consumers
These organisms must eat other organisms in order to survive.
An ecosystem with the most rainfall.
What is a rain forest?
Plants, animals, fungi
What are some living things in an ecosystem?
You must have both abiotic and biotic elements of an ecosystem.
Can you have en ecosystem with only non-living things?
Light from the sun is used to make food
How does energy enter the ecosystem?
Apex Predators
What animals are at the top of the food chain?
An ecosystem that is characterized by a dry, cold climate.
What is a tundra?
Two organisms live together and both benefit
What is mutualism?
Water
What is one non-living component that is necessary for living things to have?
How do primary consumers get their energy?
Prey
What are animals that are hunted and eaten by other animals?
An ecosystem that is characterized by salty water, where the organisms live under water.
What is a Marine ecosystem?
Two organisms live together, one benefits and the other is harmed.
What is parasitism?
Air, water, sunlight, rocks, soil
What are some examples of abiotic elements in an ecosystem?
Even though it's under water, this ecosystem gets the energy from sunlight.
Where does a Marine Ecosystem get it's original energy?
10%
How much energy is transferred from one level to another in the food pyramid?