Ecosystems Flashcards
An ??? is all the living organisms in an area and the non-living things (sunlight, water, soil) that support them.
ecosystem
All things in an ecosystem ??? on one another.
depend
A ??? is all of the same ??? (type) of organisms located in an area.
population, species
A ??? role in the ecosystem is to produce food.
producer’s
Producer’s use sunlight to do ???. All plants are producers.
photosynthesis
??? eat to get their energy.
Consumers
??? eat plants
Herbivores
??? eat other animals
carnivores
??? eat both plants and animals
omnivores
??? break down dead organisms to get energy
Decomposers
??? and ??? are examples of decomposers
Fungi, bacteria
???? can support a variety of different organisms.
Ecosystems
Organisms must adapt their own ways of getting the resources that they need. This is called their ??? in the ecosystem.
niche
A limiting factor keeps a population of an organism from increasing. ???, ???, ???, and ??? can be limiting factors. Organisms compete for these things.
water, food, space, and predators
A food change or food web models how ??? moves through an ecosystem. The arrows represent the flow of energy.
energy
