Biotic or Abiotic
An animal in an ecosystem
What is a biotic factor?
Animals that only eat meat
What are carnivores?
This is the source of all energy on earth.
What is the sun?
I hunt and kill other animals for food.
What is a predator?
The process that uses energy from the sun to make food from water and carbon dioxide.
What is photosynthesis?
A pond in an ecosystem
What is an abiotic factor?
Animals that eat only plants.
What are herbivores?
These are organisms that make their own food and are after the sun in a food chain.
What are producers?
Organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis.
What is a Producer?
The chemical that absorbs and stores the energy of sunlight.
What is chlorophyll?
The weather is an example of this
What is abiotic factor?
I am this type of consumer because I enjoy fish from the river and berries from the forest.
What is an omnivore?
These organisms eat producers.
What are consumers?
Glucose
What does the plant produce during photosynthesis?
Fungus is an example of this
What is biotic factor? (Decomposer)
I am this type of consumer because I enjoy tasty frogs, snakes, and mice.
What is a carnivore? secondary or tertiary consumer
What are the 3 main groups of consumers?
What are herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores?
Roots
What is the part of the plant that helps absorb nutrients and water?
The sun in an ecosystem
What is an abiotic factor?
Why do we need predators in our ecosystem?
Predators help prevent the overpopulation of prey and by ridding an ecosystem of old, sick, or injured prey, it also help prevent the spread of diseases.
Organisms such as termites, worms, and fungi that break down dead or decaying matter.
What are decomposers?
Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen
What gases are needed and produced during photosynthesis?