Ecosystems

What are the nonliving parts of an ecosystem?

• environment

• sunlight

• ocean

• park

What is similar about the paths that energy took through the ecosystem?

• They all have the same animals

• All the paths have energy from the moon

• They all begin with the sun

• They all end with the sun

What is an ecosystem?

• The area of land where animals live

• A community of insects that work together

• A community of organisms together with its environment

• The section of a terrarium where plants grow

Plants make their own food

• True

• False

Some organisms use dead things as food matter

• True

• False

A consumer?

• Makes its own food
• Eats dead plants and animals
• Eats plants and other animals for energy
• Buys toys for kids

A decomposer?

• Eats dead plants or animals and breaks down to put nutrients in the soil
• Eats plants or other animals for food
• Makes its own food
• Machine that gathers trash

A producer?

• Eats other plants and animals
• Makes its own food
• Eats dead plants or animals
• Makes toys for kids

A consumer that hunts is called:

• a producer.
• an omnivore.
• a predator.
• a herbivore.

A _____ is all the populations from an area together.

• Population
• Individual 
• Community
• Neighborhood