What is an ecosystem?

An ecosystem is all the __________ and __________ parts of an environment that interact with each other. Fill in the blanks.

• living, nonliving

• hot, cold

• wet, dry

• large, small

Identify all of the living and nonliving parts of the above ecosystem from the options below.

• Living parts: plants, animals; Nonliving parts: water, rocks

• Living parts: water, rocks; Nonliving parts: plants, animals

• Living parts: soil, sunlight; Nonliving parts: trees, fish

• Living parts: air, sunlight; Nonliving parts: birds, insects

Name two examples of living things in an ecosystem.

• Plants, animals

• Rocks, water

• Sunlight, soil

• Air, minerals

Name three examples of nonliving things in an ecosystem.

• Water, air, soil

• Plants, animals, fungi

• Birds, insects, trees

• Fish, grass, bacteria

What is an Ecosystem? An Ecosystem is ___

• all the living and nonliving parts of an environment that interact with each other

• a group of only animals living together

• a place where only plants grow

• a type of weather pattern

What is a Community? Fill in the blank: A Community is ___ .

• all of the populations of species that live in the same place at the same time

• a single organism living in isolation

• the physical environment only

• a group of abiotic factors interacting

What is a Population? Fill in the blank: A Population is ___

• all of the organisms of the same species that live in the same place at the same time.

• a group of different species living together in a habitat.

• the total number of plants in a forest.

• all the abiotic factors in an ecosystem.

What is a Habitat? Fill in the blank: A Habitat is ___ .

• the place where an animal or plant naturally lives and provides them with food, water, shelter, and space.

• a type of food that animals eat.

• a tool used by scientists to study plants.

• a type of weather condition.

What is a food chain? Fill in the blank: A food chain is ________ and materials in a community.

• Just one path of energy

• A group of animals living together

• A cycle of water movement

• A list of all plants in a forest

What are producers? Fill in the blank: Producers are ________.

• Plants that make their own food

• Animals that eat other animals

• Fungi that decompose matter

• Rocks that provide minerals