Ecosystems

A community of organisms (living and nonliving) and the environment, is called an

• ecosystem

• herbivore

• decomposer

• organism

What are the living and nonliving things in an environment or area?

• predator

• producer

• ecosystem

• abiotic factor

An organism that can make its own food

• decomposer

• producer

• consumer

Breaks down and feeds on the remains of other organisms

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

Interacting food chains found in an ecosystem

• food web

• food chain

• predator

An animal that hunts and eats other animals for energy

• prey

• predator

• decomposer

These organisms cannot make their own food; they must eat something for energy

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

Choose the producer.

• rock

• tree

• cow

• bird

Choose the decomposer.

• grass

• elephant

• bacteria

• bird

Choose the consumer.

• mushroom

• horse

• tree

• grass