Food Chains
The top predator in an ecosystem is called a...
Apex predator
All the living and nonliving things in an environment, including their interactions with each other
ecosystem
A characteristic that helps an organism to survive in its environment
adaptions
A living thing that is hunted for food
prey
grass
producer
Where does every food chain get its energy from?
the Sun
All the members of one species in an area
populations
An adaptation in which an animal protects itself against predators by blending in with the environment
camouflage
Anything that controls the growth or survival of a population
limiting factor
cow
consumer
What are overlapping food chains called?
a food web
All the living things in an ecosystem
community
An adaptation in which an animal is protected against predators by its resemblance to another, unpleasant animal
mimicry
The place where a plant or animal lives and grows
habitat
worms
decomposers
If an arrow is pointing from grass to a grasshopper, what does that mean?
The grasshopper has eaten the grass and has taken energy from the grass.
The path that energy and nutrients follow in an ecosystem
food chain
Camouflage or mimicry: stick bug
mimicry
The role of an organism in an ecosystem
niche
green leaves
producer
If an arrow is pointing from a mouse to a fox, what is that showing you?
That the fox ate the mouse and took its energy.
An animal that hunts other animals for food
predator
Camouflage or mimicry? tiger
camouflage
A relationship between two kinds of organisms over time
symbiosis
shark
consumer