Ecosystems

The study of interactions in an ecosystem.

• ecology
• philosophy
• scientology
• biology

A species that is in danger of becoming extinct.

• Threatened species
• out of luck
• do do birds
• endangered species

Decomposers get their food by __________.

• making it themselves
• eating live organisms
• using dead organisms
• eating themselves

A ______________ eats mainly other animals.

• carnivore
• omnivore
• herbivore
• decomposer

A ____________ breaks down waste or dead organisms and recycles nutrients.

• consumer
• producer
• decomposer
• omnivore

A(n) ________________ eats mainly plants.

• producer
• carnivore
• herbivore
• omnivore

An animal that hunts for its food

• prey
• predator
• producer
• decomposer

An animal that is hunted for food.

• predator
• prey
• consumer
• decomposer

Shows how energy flows from one organism to another.

• food cycle
• prey chain
• food chain
• predator cycle

An organism that makes its own food for energy

• consumer
• predator
• prey
• producer