Vocabulary
Choose the correct answer
Science Facts
100

animals that eat other animals

carnivore

100

Decomposers put _____ into the soil.

water                minerals

energy              nutrients

nutrients

100

What would happen if there were no decomposers?

dead matter would be everywhere

200

living and nonliving things that interact in an environment

ecosystem

200

Which is the herbivore?


bears   frogs   tigers   cows   wolf

cows

200

To live and grown, every living things needs ___

energy

300

the place where an organism lives

habitat

300

Which is NOT a decomposer?

snails   cats   bacteria    worms

cats

300

Name 2 living things in an ecosystem

ex:  plants, animals

400
shows how food chains are linked together

food web

400

An omnivore will eat ____

fish and chicken                nothing

apples and grapes             porkchop and salad

porkchop and salad

400

Name 2 nonliving things in an ecosystem 

ex:  water, rock, sun

500

shows how energy passes from one organism to another

food chain

500

Most producers get their energy from ____

energy     sun    consumers     plants

sun

500

How do living and nonliving things interact in an ecosystem?  (sun, plants, animals, decomposers, soil)

Use all words in a short answer.

Plants get energy from the sun.  Animals eat plants and/or other animals.  The decomposers break them down when they die and add nutrients to the soil.

600

this breaks down dead plant and animal material

decomposer

600

Give an example of a predator and a prey.  Label them!

Predator:  snake

Prey:  mouse

700

animals that eat only plants

herbivore

800

hunts other organism for food

predators

900

an organism that eats other organism

consumer

1000

animal that eats both plants and animals

omnivore

1100

organisms that are hunted (PLEASE don't eat me!)

prey

1200

an organism that makes it own food

producer