Ecosystems

Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all _____ parts of the environment

• alive

• biotic

• abiotic

• living

What is an example of a biotic factor?

• skunk

• rocks

• soil

• water

What does biodiversity mean?

• Only one species in an area.

• The different amount of species in an area

• All abiotic life

• Nitrogen fixation

An animal that eats only plants.

• scavenger

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

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 from one organism to another (who is eaten by what).

• ecosystem

• environment

• food chain

• food web

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

• ecosystem

• food web

• environment

• food chain