How do organisms interact in an ecosystem?

How do organisms interact in an ecosystem?

Ecosystem

Ecosystems are made up of living and nonliving things.

Interactions between organisms

•Some organism help one another meet their needs.

•Some organisms may eat other organisms and get energy or nutrients from them.

•Some organisms complete with one another for food and space.

Predator and prey 

•Some animals in an ecosystem must hunt other animals to fill their energy needs.

•Predator: is the animal that hunts and eats the other animal.

•Prey: the animal that is hunted by the others for food.

Multiple Choice

The living component in an ecosystem is called..........

• Biotic

• Abiotic

Multiple Choice

The non-living component in an ecosystem is called..........

• Biotic

• Abiotic

Multiple Choice

................ is the animal that hunts and eats the other animal.

• Predator

• prey

Multiple Choice

................the animal that is hunted by the others for food.

• predator

• prey

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a predator and prey example...............

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a predator and prey example ............

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a predator

• lion

• deer

• rabbit

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a prey

• deer

• lion

• crocodile

Energy role in an ecosystem

Producer

consumer

Decomposer

Multiple Choice

How the organism gets the energy needed determines

either it's

• producer , consumer, decomposer

• plants and animals

Multiple Choice

.................are producers

• plants

• animals

Multiple Choice

How do producers get their food?

• eat other animals

• make their own food

Multiple Choice

consumers get their food by

• making rtheir own food

• eat other producers or consumers

Multiple Choice

...................are animals that eat only plants

• herbivores

• carnivores

Multiple Choice

...................are animals that eat other animals

• carnivores

• herbivores

Multiple Choice

...................are animals that eat plants and animals

• herbivores

• omnivores

Multiple Choice

.......................are organisms that get their energy by breaking down wastes and dead organisms.

• omnivores

• decomposers