Ecosystems and food chains

What is an ecosystem?

• A group of animals that are the same species.
• Soil, water, air and sunlight
• All the living and non living things that interact in an area.
• North America

Which is a non-living part of an ecosystem?

• Sunlight
• Air
• Water
• All of these

Which ecosystem is usually found near the earth's equator where it is very warm and has lots of trees and animals such as parrots and jaguars.

• Rainforest
• Desert
• Taiga
• Chapparal

Population is best described as

• A group of competing species
• A group of many different species
• A group of nonliving organisms
• A group of the same species living together

The group of all the populations in an area.

• community 
• population
• habitat
• ecosystem

an organism that gets its food by breaking down the remains of dead organisms and returning the nutrients back to the soil

• Host
• Decomposer
• Producer
• Consumer

The group of all the populations in an area.

• community 
• population
• habitat
• ecosystem

An individual living thing is a/an __________.

• habitat
• ecosystem
• organism
• population

Organisms that make their own food

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Scavengers

Organisms that eat other things for food

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Scavengers