Intro to ecosystems

Ecosystems are made up of....

• Living things only

• Living and non-living things

• air and nutrients only

• Non-living things only

Light, air, soil and water are considered

• non-living things that support life
• unimportant
• living things
• ecosystems

An example of an ecosystem is

• All the frogs and tadpoles in a pond
• All the frogs, bass and lily pads in a pond
• All the sunlight, water, temperature and sunlight in a pond
• All the plants and animals as well as the sunlight, temperature, water and soil of a pond

organisms such as plants and animals are considered

• living things
• ecosystems
• non living things
• nutrients

An animal that is hunted by other animals for food is called _____________________ .

• Victim
• Sally
• Predator
• Prey

A food chain shows how the consumers in an ecosystem

• eat food
• make food
• are connected to each other

In an ecosystem the Producers

• use sunlight to make food
• break down dead organisms
• eat the food
• create a food web

An animal that hunts other animals for food is called a ___________________.

• Villian
• Predator
• Prey
• Fred

Which describes a decomposer?

• an organism that eats only plants
• an organism that makes its own food
• an organism that breaks down dead matter
• an organism that recieves energy from the sun

What would most likely happen if an ecosystem no longer received sunlight?

• The number of herbivores would increase

• The number of plants would increase

• all organisms would adapt

• All living organisms would eventually die