Vocabulary
An animal that only eats plants.
Herbivore.
All food chains start with energy from the ___.
Sun
A long period of time with no rain.
Drought
A very dry ecosystem with sand and cacti.
Desert
Is a mushroom a producer or decomposer?
Decomposer
An organism that breaks down dead things.
Decomposer.
This "C" word describes an animal that eats others.
Consumer
How would a flood affects an animal living underground.
Water would fill its home
An ecosystem with lots of rain and tall trees.
Rain forest/ forest
True or False: Humans are part of food chains.
True
The place where a plant or animal lives.
Habitat.
What does the arrow in a food chain represents.
Energy transferred
One way an animal survives a freezing winter.
Hibernation, Migration
An ecosystem covered in salty water.
Ocean
What happens to a population if their food disappears?
They move away, starve, or the population gets smaller.
A living thing that makes its own food.
Producer.
Put these in order: Snake, Grass, Frog.
Grass, Frog, Snake
A weather event that can wash away topsoil.
Flood
A cold, frozen ecosystem with no trees.
Arctic
Can an ecosystem have too many predators?
Yes (Explain: They would eat all the prey and then have no food left).