Vocabulary
How living things interact
How living things get their energy
How do living things compete
How do environments change
100
A living thing that makes its own food is a ______.
Producer
100
Members of a herd protect each other.
Helping in groups
100
Plants get energy from the _____.
Sun
100
What kind of living things compete for resources like light?
Forest
100
On May 18, 1980, the volcano _______erupted in the State of Washington.
Mt. St. Helens
200
A living thing that eats food is a _____.
Consumer
200
A tree helps a flower get light.
One kind helping another
200
A consumer that eats only plants is a ______. A consumer that eats only animals is a ______.
herbivore and carnivore
200
What kind of living things compete for food?
Prey/Predator
200
Beaver dams can cause flooding. This is an example of how _____ ______ can cause change.
living things
300
_____ is a living hing that breaks down waste and living things that have died.
decomposer
300
While it drinks flower necar, an insect spread pollen among the flower.
Two kinds helping each other
300
____ is an animal that is hunted by others for food.
prey
300
What living things compete for water?
Plants and animals
300
Fires, tornadoes, floods, and volcanoes are all examples of how ____ _____ can cause change.
Natural Events
400
____ returns certain materials to the soil.
decay
400
Bees and Prairie Dogs are examples of which group of how living things might interact.
Helping in groups.
400
The prey passes energy on to a _____.
predator
400
What living things compete for living space?
Plants and animals
400
Changes to the environments often occur in _____.
patterns
500
A consumer that eats both plants and animals is an ______.
omnivore
500
A yucca plant gives moths a place to lay eggs is an example of which group of how living things might interact.
Two kinds helping each other.
500
____ are groups of producers and consumers that interact in a special way.
Food chain
500
When there is plenty of food to eat, an animals population will increase, as population increases food supply goes down, and as food supply goes down, so will population. This is called __________.
Competition Cycle
500
Plants and animals can change their ________.
Environment