Review 5.9ABC

Frogs in a pond interact with both living and nonliving elements in their ecosystem. Frogs interact with nonliving elements when they _________.

• eat swimming insects for energy

• lay their eggs in bodies of water

• become food for another animal

• hide beneath plants in the pond

The living and non-living things interacting in a community.

• abiotic

• carnivore

• ecosystem

• biotic

This can make its own food, like plants.

• Herbivore

• Abiotic

• Omnivore

• Producer

These are organisms that feeds on plants or other animals for energy.

• Producer

• Consumer

This organism, usually a bacteria or fungus, breaks down dead plants and animals.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

A consumer that eats only plants.

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

Animal that feeds only on the flesh of other animals.

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

A consumer whose normal diet includes both plants and animals.

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

• Plant

Non-living physical and chemical elements of an environment.

• Biotic

• Abiotic

All of the living things in an environment.

• Biotic

• Abiotic