Ecosystems
What is a biotic factor?
Living things in an environment
What is a large ecosystem that has its own kinds of plants, animals and soil?
A biome
acorns > squirrels > hawks
Which of these is the producer?
grass > grasshopper > mouse > snake
Which organism is an herbivore?
grasshopper
A porcupine eats roots and leaves.
The porcupine is an omnivore or herbivore
herbivore
What is an abiotic factor?
Non-living things in an environment
In which biome would the main kind of plant be grass with very little rainfall?
What is a network of food chains that have some links in common?
A food web
All green plants (producers) get their energy from the ____
sun
What are decomposers
Organisms that get their energy from dead and decaying matter.
Where do all the living things depend on the non-living things to survive?
In an ecosystem
Which biome has very little rainfall, dry soil and varying temperatures?
A desert
What is the biome along the Earth's equator that is hot and damp with plenty of rainfall?
Tropical rainforest
What is food web?
A food web consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem.
True or False
All deserts are hot
False
What is the place in an ecosystem where an organism lives?
A habitat
Name an animal you would, find in the tundra; the cold dry biome without trees.
caribou, musk oxen
What are organisms that are eaten by predators called?
prey
All plants and animals in an area make up a ____________
ecosystem
A desert is a bad place for organisms to live
Opinion
What are 2 things would you find in a forest ecosystem?
trees, logs, spiders, mushrooms, birds, squirrels
What is the difference between a freshwater ecosystem and an ocean ecosystem?
Ocean has salt water, other does not.
Animals that eat other animals are called what?
carnivores
True or False
An energy pyramid shows all the food chains in an ecosystem?
False, it shows the amount of energy at each level
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