Mystery
Is a pineapple plant a:
consumer, decomposer, or producer?
producer
Fish and berries are resources that meet a bear's need for _________________.
food
How does an ecosystem stay balanced?
Predators control population sizes in an ecosystem.
A ___________ is a place where a living thing lives.
habitat
A food chain is the movement of _________________ from one living thing to another living thing.
energy
A cave is a resource that meets a bear's need for _____________.
shelter
What 3 things make up an ecosystem?
Habitats, Communities, Populations
A ___________ is all the living things in one area.
community
If one part of the food web changes, does it affect all, or part, of the web?
all
A living thing that makes its own food and gets its energy directly from the sun is a _____________.
producer
Can a lack of rain cause a change in an ecosystem?
Yes
What word describes something that only eats plants?
herbivore
Do living, or nonliving, things grow, develop, reproduce, and interact with things around them?
Living things
A living thing that gets its energy by eating other living things is a ___________.
There is __________ between animals when they share the same limited resource.
competition
What word describes something that only eats other animals?
carnivore
True or False
A camel storing fat in a drought is an example of a characteristic helping an organism survive in a changed ecosystem.
True
A living thing that breaks down dead things and wastes is a _____________.
______________ is all the living things of one kind that live in one area.
population
What word describes something that eats both plants and animals?