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Ecosystems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an ecosystem | An ecosystem is a environment that is a biological community of interacting organisms |
| What is a abiotic factor | A abiotic factor is a non living thing in a ecosystem that biotic factors need to survive |
| What are some examples of abiotic factors | Water, sun, soil, etc |
| What is a biotic factor | A biotic factor is living thing that needs abiotic factors to live |
| What’s a consumer | Living things that can not produce there own food |
| What’s a producer | Living things that can produce there own food from abiotic factors |
| What’s a decomposer | Is a living thing that gets their energy from breaking down dead plants and animals |
| What does Oxygen do | Helps your body release and use energy made from the food you eat |
| Habitat | Provides living things with oxygen, water, food, and anything else that you might need to survive |
| Water | Many of the chemical reactions that keep you alive take place in water inside your body |
| Food | Nutrients and components of food that your body converts into energy |
| Energy | Oxygen, water, and nutrients interact in your body to produce energy you body used energy to move |
| Photosynthesis | The chemical reaction that takes place in leaves |
| What are the three producers rules | They produce oxygen They supply food They provide shelter |
| Populations | Groups of individuals that belong to the same species that live in the same area |
| Species | The most closely related groups of living things in an ecosystem |
| Community | Made up of populations of different species that live in the same ecosystem |
| Herbivores | Animals that only eat plants and have flat back teeth to chew plant |
| Omnivore | Animals that eat both plants and animals and have teeth to help eat both |
| Carnivore | Animals that only eat meat and have sharp and pointy teeth to eat animal meat |
| Predator | Predator is an eater and eats prey |
| Prey | Being eaten by predators |
| Describe how food pyramids work in order | Primary producer Primary consumer Secondary consumer Tertiary consumer Quaternary consumer Decomposer |