Vocabulary
Not living things in the environment
abiotic
Describes how energy and nutrients move through an ecosystem
food chain
Something in the environment that is alive
biotic
What is Biodiversity?
A variety of life found in an area
What is an example of a producer?
Any plant, tree, or grass
Plants need________ to survive
Air, water, nutrient, and light(sun)
Something that ONLY eats meat
Carnivore
– Wetland – rain forest – desert – Arctic
are example of what?
Types of ecosystems
The organism that eats the producer is know as _____
Primary consumer
Organism that eats ONLY plants
Herbivore
The process when plants make their own food?
Photosynthesis
What is a niche?
An organism role (job)
Organism that eats BOTH plants and animals
Omnivore
Create a food chain. Include a producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, and a decomposer
Answer will vary
Double points
What key stone organism
The most important animal
What does it mean for an organism to be extinct
No longer exists