Brainpop: Ecosystems

What is an ecosystem

• Living things interacting with their environment ( the non living and living things interacting with each other) .

• Non-living things interacting with their environment. 

What is a habitat?

• The ideal place for an animal to live.

• An animal that eats only plants.

What is a niche ? 

• the role of an organism in its environment 

• where the organism lives in its environment 

Where do producers get their energy?

• From the sun

• From other animals

Do producers or consumers make their own food? 

• consumers

• producers

In an ecosystem which eats ( consumes) other organisms?

• consumers

• producers

Decomposers are important because

• They live on dead things

• They break down dead material and return it to the soil

Nonliving things such as rocks, soil and water are examples of 

• abiotic factors

• biotic factors

Living things such as deer, frogs, fish, plants & trees are:

• abiotic factors

• biotic factors