Ecosystems
What is the main difference between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems?
Terrestrial is on land and aquatic is in water.
What is the role of the decomposer?
Breaks down decayed material to give nutrients to the soil.
What is the difference between herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore?
Herbivore - eats plants, Carnivore - Eats meat, Omnivore - eats both
What is the order of a basic food chain?
Sun, producer, consumer, decomposer
What is the difference between predator and prey?
A predator hunts food and a prey gets hunted.
What is a group of the same organism called?
Population
What are producers?
Plants: grass, flowers, leaves
What are two examples of omnivores?
Humans and bears, other answers may vary
What is a food chain?
The transfer of energy between organisms.
What causes an ecosystem to fail?
Humans, fires, weather...
Name 3 nonliving things in an ecosystem
Soil, water, air, rock...
Where does every food chain and producers get their energy from?
Sunlight
A primary consumer is a ___________
Herbivore
What is a food web?
Multiple food chains overlapping showing the energy flow between organisms.
What would a fire take away from an organism in their ecosystem?
Their food and shelter.
Name 3 animals in a rain forest
Snake, monkey, frog, birds...
What is the difference between a primary and secondary consumer?
A primary consumer is a herbivore and only eats plants. A secondary consumer is a carnivore eats other animals.
A secondary consumer is a __________
Carnivore
What do the arrows represent in a food chain?
The flow of energy between organisms
What is the difference between a coniferous and deciduous forest?
Deciduous leaves change, coniferous leaves do not.
Describe the land and weather in a grassland
Tall grasses, open spaces, little rain, hot during the day, cold at night...
What is the difference between a producer and consumer?
A producer creates their own food and energy. A consumer gets their energy from eating others.
A grasshopper, rabbit, giraffe, and cows are all _____________
Herbivores
How would an increase of a predator in the food chain effect the balance?
The prey would decrease.
What is all living and nonliving organisms in one area called?
An ecosystem