Ecology #1 2020

Abiotic

• Non-Living

• Living

Biotic

• Non-Living

• Living

An abiotic factor in an environment would be

• Bird

• Grass

• Algae

• Temperature

A biotic factor in an environment would be

• The amount of water

• The amount of oxygen

• The number of predators

• The temperature

An herbivore is an organism that eats

• Plants only

• Animals only

• Both plants and animals

A carnivore is an organism that eats

• Plants only

• Animals only

• Both plants and animals

An omnivore is an organism that eats

• Plants only

• Animals only

• Both plants and animals

An organism that makes its own food through the process of photosynthesis is a(n)

• Autotroph (producer)

• Heterotroph (consumer)

A food chain shows

• Who eats who in an ecosystem

• The flow of energy in an ecosystem

Here is a food chain:

grass --> deer --> mountain lion

Who is the producer (autotroph)?

• Mountain lion

• Deer

• Grass