Energy in Ecosystems

All the living and nonliving things in an environment and how they react

• habitat

• biome

• ecosystem

• niche

Which is an example of a nonliving thing in an ecosystem?

• seed

• sunlight

• butterfly

• flowers

Animals and plants interact in many ways in an ecosystem.

• false

• true

The air you breathe is NOT part of your ecosystem.

• false

• true

A place where an animal or plant lives

• habitat

• environment

• ecosystem

• den

Ecosystems can be as large as a rainforest or as small as a drop of water.

• true

• false

Like birds and squirrels, wind can interact with its ecosystem and be a carrier of seeds.

• false

• true

the green substance found in plants that traps energy from the sun and gives plants their green color

• photosynthesis

• sunlight

• chlorophyll

• carbon dioxide

a process by which plants change light energy from the sun and use it to make sugar

• photosynthesis

• sunlight

• chlorophyll

• carbon dioxide

a living thing that uses sunlight to make sugar

• producer

• consumer

• photosynthesis

• cycle