5th Grade Science Chapter 4

Front

What allows nonnative animal populations to grow rapidly in a new ecosystem?

Back

Predators in the ecosystem are not used to hunting them.

Front

What is the relationship between an owl and a mouse?

Back

Predator and prey.

Front

What is a series of steps by which energy moves from one type of living thing to another?

Back

Food Chain.

Front

What do we call an animal that hunts and eats another animal?

Back

Predator.

Front

What is an organism that cannot make its own food?

Back

Consumer.

Front

What do we call organisms that produce their own food?

Back

Producers.

Front

What is the term for the role an organism plays in its ecosystem?

Back

Niche.

Front

What is the term for a group of different species living together in one area?

Back

Community.

Front

What is the process by which plants use sunlight to make food?

Back

Photosynthesis.

Front

What do we call the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism?

Back

Habitat.