Animals etc.
What is an Animal that hunts and eats other animals called?
Predator
What is a consumer that eats only other consumers called?
Carnivore
Food, water, protection from consumers and ________ are the 4 basic needs of all living things.
shelter
What provides energy for all living things?
The Sun
What are organisms that break down dead things and wastes called?
Decomposers
Which type of organism eats both plants and animals?
Omnivore
What keeps the ecosystem clean by eating what has already died?
Scavenger
An ecosystem consists of all the living organisms and their ________________ in a certain section of the earth.
environment
What is the transfer of energy and nutrients through a community called?
Food chain
What are animals that only eat plants called?
Herbivores
What is each living member of an ecosystem called?
Individual
What are the animals that a predator hunts called?
Prey
An _________ ____________ shows how energy moves through one food chain in a ecosystem
energy pyramid
What occurs whenever 2 or more organisms are trying to use the same resource?
Competition
What organisms depend on producers for food?
Consumer
What are all organisms of the same species that live in an ecosystem called?
Population
What are God-given basic knowledge and skills that an animal needs for survival called?
Instincts
Plants need sunlight, water and ___________ for photosynthesis
carbon dioxide
Which organisms does a food chain begin with?
Producer
What is an organism's specific function or job in an ecosystem called?
Niche
What are several food chains linked together called?
Food web
Organisms that get their energy directly from the sun and change the energy into a form that other organisms can use is called a _______________
Producer
What are the special characteristics or skills that help living things survive in their environments?
Adaptations