Ecosystems

A __________ is a consumer that hunts and eats another animal.

• predator
• prey
• consumer
• decomposer

An ___________________ is all the living and nonliving things in an area and their interactions.

• community
• ecosystem
• desert
• population

Any animal that is hunted by others for food.

• predator
• prey
• hervibore
• consumer

A place that provides all the things an organism needs to live.

• ecosystem
• community
• species
• habitat

The group of all populations in an area.

• community
• species
• ecosystem
• population

Organisms that make their own food for energy.

• Herbivores
• Carnivores
• Omnivores
• Producers

Organism that gets its energy by breaking down wastes and dead organisms.

• Decomposer
• Producer
• Omnivore
• Carnivore

A group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time.

• Species
• Population
• Environment
• Community

A series of steps by which energy moves from one type of living thing to another.

• Carbon Cycle
• Consumers
• Food Web
• Food Chain

Organism that cannot make its own food.

• Prey
• Omnivore
• Producer
• Consumer