6.4.1 Vocabulary Basics

​An ORGANISM is a living thing.

Organisms can react to stimuli
grow, and reproduce. An organism is any animal, plant, fungus, or bacteria.

Multiple Choice

Which is an organism?

• They are all organisms.

Multiple Choice

What are BASIC NEEDS?

• Basic rights of living things

• The things everything needs to survive

• The law of nature

• Essentials for a successful career

​Energy in an ecosystem starts with the sun.

Plants use the suns energy to produce food.

Consumers are eaters. They eat plants or meat.

Decomposers break down dead organisms.

Multiple Choice

What is the original source of energy for ecosystems?

​Resources are the things an organism needs to stay alive. This moose needs water, plants to eat, and air to breathe. He needs a space to roam and the proper temperatures.

Multiple Choice

What are resources?

• The biotic things and organism needs to survive

• The biotic and abiotic things an organism needs to survive

• The abiotic things an organism needs to survive

• A population

​When resources are scarce it affects ecosystems.

Individuals may become sick, weak, or even die, reducing populations.

Since ecosystems are interconnected, a scarcity for one population can affect others.

Multiple Choice

When resources are not available, what is the consequence?

• There won't be enough water

• Prey will be limited

• Plants will die out

• The whole ecosystem can be affected.