Ecosystem key terms

Abiotic means

• Relating to living things

• Relating to non living things

• Creature that eats herbivores and or plant matter

• Decomposer

Biotic means

• Relating to living things

• Relating to non living things

• Creature that eats herbivores and or plant matter

• Decomposer

A creature that eats herbivores and or plant matter is called a...

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Consumer

An organism such as bacteria or fungus that breaks down dead tissue which is returned to the environment

• Relating to living things

• Relating to non living things

• Creature that eats herbivores and or plant matter

• Decomposer

A food web is...

• A complex arrangement of interrelated food chains illustrating the flow of energy between interdependent organisms

• The linear connection between different organisms that rely on one another as their source of food

A food chain is...

• A complex arrangement of interrelated food chains illustrating the flow of energy between interdependent organisms

• The linear connection between different organisms that rely on one another as their source of food

An ecosystem is...

• Plants and animals together

• Rocks and soil in a place

• a community of plants and animals that interact with each other and their physical environment

• Rocks and soil types that have no impact on the wildlife around them

A large-scale world ecosystem is known as....

• a biome

• a rainforest

• an ecosystem

• global warming

The term for: minerals that are removed from the soil for growth by plants, before passing them through the food chain, to decompose into the soil is known as...

• water cycle

• nutrient cycle

• ecosystem

• biome

Select ALL the key parts of a food chain

• Producer

• Primary consumer

• Secondary consumer

• Soil and rocks