Which of these is the producer and which is the consumer?
flower-producer bee-consumer
An animal that hunts for its food is a ________.
predator
______ make their own food using energy from the Sun.
Producers
Energy from dead organisms are recycled back into the earth by _______.
decomposers
Main energy source for ecosystems
Sun
A _________ eats animals for energy
consumer/carnivore
How do decomposers help the soil?
They return nutrients.
A type of fungi that does NOT make its own food.
mushroom
In an ecosystem there is a rabbit, an owl, grass, and worms. Who is the predator and who is the prey?
Predator-owl Prey-rabbit
What is an example of an abiotic factor?
air, soil, light, water, rocks
abiotic factors are _______ things
nonliving
give me 3 examples of a decomposer
bacteria, fungi, worms
does not make its own food, gets food from other sources
consumer
a special role or job an organism has
niche
What do plants need from the air to make food?
CO2
Plants breathing out oxygen for humans and humans breathing out CO2 for plants is an example of interdependence. T/F
True
A living thing is a ______ factor.
biotic
Leaves in a plant take in _____ & sunlight.
Carbon dioxide
break down decaying materials
decomposers
Animal that eats plants & animals
omnivore
What is an example of a biotic factor?
plants, animals
An animal that gets hunted is called ___________.
prey
living and nonliving things in an environment
ecosystem
give me an example of a producer
plants
eats only meat
carnivore
makes their own food?
producers
the evaporation of water from a plants leaves
transpiration
eats only plants
herbivore
give me an example of a consumer
animals
place in an ecosystem where an animal lives
habitat