Intro to Ecosystems

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

• alive

• biotic

• abiotic

• living

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is an example of a biotic factor?

• skunk

• rocks

• soil

• water

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

What does biodiversity mean?

• Only one species in an area.

• The different amount of species in an area

• All abiotic life

• Nitrogen fixation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

All the green plants that provide the energy for consumers.

• consumers

• producers

• decomposers

• herbivores

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A community of living organisms interacting with each other and their environment.

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

This is what plants produce...

• fruits

• oxygen

• vegetables

• spices

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A producer is...

• mostly predators.

• not important to an ecosystem.

• important for breaking down dead matter.

• mostly plants.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A consumer is...

• 
  something that makes its own food.

• something that eats other things.

• 
  something that breaks down dead matter.

• someone at a store buying food.

Bacterias are usually..

• Consumers

• Producers

• Decomposers

The term ________refers to all the non-living factors present in an ecosystem.