Ecosystems

Question 1

organism

Answer 1

a proper word for a living thing

Question 2

producer

Answer 2

an organism that is able to make its own food, it does not have to depend on other organisms in order to survive.

Question 3

consumer

Answer 3

an organism that depends on eating other organisms in order to survive

Question 4

decomposer

Answer 4

a type of consumer that breaks down dead plant and animal materials; fungi, bacteria, mushrooms, and worms are examples

Question 5

Predator

Answer 5

Animal that prays on other animals to survive

Question 6

Prey

Answer 6

An organism that is hunted and killed by another for food

Question 7

Ecosystem

Answer 7

This is made up of a community of different living organisms and the physical environment where they are found

Question 8

Community

Answer 8

All of the populations of different species living together in an environment

Question 9

Herbivore

Answer 9

An organism that eats only producers (plant eater)

Question 10

Carnivore

Answer 10

An organism that eats only other consumers (a meat eater)

Question 11

Omnivore

Answer 11

An organism that eats both plants and animals

Question 12

Niche

Answer 12

The role each organism has and its habitat this includes where they live what they typically eat and what typically eats them

Question 13

Habitat

Answer 13

The place where an organism lives

Question 14

Species

Answer 14

Organisms that are the same type have similar characters within our capable of reproducing

Question 15

Population

Answer 15

All of the organisms of the same kind living together in an environment

Question 16

Food chain

Answer 16

A diagram that shows one example of the flow of energy in an ecosystem

Question 17

Food web

Answer 17

A diagram that shows how many different food chains are linked this is each other in an ecosystem

Question 18

Energy pyramid

Answer 18

A graphic that shows the passage of energy in an ecosystem from one tropic level to the next