Ecosystems

A consumer?

• Makes its own food
• Eats dead plants and animals
• Eats plants and other animals for energy
• Buys toys for kids

A decomposer?

• Eats dead plants or animals and breaks down to put nutrients in the soil
• Eats plants or other animals for food
• Makes its own food
• Machine that gathers trash

A producer?

• Eats other plants and animals
• Makes its own food
• Eats dead plants or animals
• Makes toys for kids

A consumer that hunts is called:

• a producer.
• an omnivore.
• a predator.
• a herbivore.

A _____ is all the populations from an area together.

• Population
• Individual 
• Community
• Neighborhood 

A __________ is all the living and nonliving things around you.

• Ecosystem
• Community
• Environment 
• Population

Canopy

• The bottom, or ground, layer in a forest.
• The layer between the ground and the tree tops.
• The very top of the forest.

Plants in the desert are able to store__________ in their roots, stems and leaves.

• evaporation
• nocturnal
• water
• driest

Plants and animals living in the desert must be able to adapt to extreme heat and _______________.

• winds
• chia
• dryness
• evaporation

Many of the animals are ______________ to avoid the extreme heat during the day.

• cacti
• chia
• water
• nocturnal