Ecosystems

A terrestrial ecosystem is

• communities of living and non-living things on the land.

• variety of life.

• different types of plants, animals and flowers.

• communities of living and non-living things under water.

An animal that eats both plants and animals.

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

• scavenger

An animal that eats only meat.

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

• scavenger

Organisms that breakdown all the dead plants and animals and their waste and are converted into nutrients for plants.

• carnivores

• consumers

• producers

• decomposers

All the green plants that provide the energy for consumers.

• consumers

• producers

• decomposers

• herbivores

A diagram that shows the transfer of energy in an ecosystem by using several food chains.

• ecosystem

• food web

• environment

• food chain

All of the living AND non-living things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an __________.

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

ALL energy flow for an ecosystem begins with ...

• plants
• the moon
• the sun
• algae

In the food chain, which of the pictures is a PRODUCER?

• Sun
• Plants
• Ladybug
• Chicken

__________ make their own food. 

• Producers
• Consumers
• Carnivores
• Herbivores