A tree makes its own food using matter from the air and soil. A tree is a

....................... is all the living and non living components in a particular area

When two things ......................., they affect one another

.......................... factors are the non-living parts of an ecosystem.

.......................... factors are the living parts of an ecosystem.

The components of the ecosystem do not interact

Abiotic Factors include air, water, rocks, soil, sunlight, and temperature

All the organisms living together in an ecosystem make up a community

Ecosystems can be any size. They can be as small as a drop of water or large as an entire forest.

An example of an interaction between biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem

Organisms need ...................... to grow, reproduce, and repair damaged body parts

..................... is an organism that makes its own food using non-food matter and energy from the sun.

..................... are organisms that breakdown or decompose other organism's bodies after they die.

..................... are organisms that can not produce their own food and must eat other organisms.

..................... are tiny animals that eats even smaller producers.

......................... and ......................... are organisms that are too small to see

..................... are microscopic organisms.

..................... shows how matter and energy flow from one organism to another.

To get a better picture of the feeding relationships in an ecosystem, use ........................

Decomposers combine the wastes that animals produce.

Plants are producers.

Many decomposers are microbes

The large decomposers include bacteria and fungi

The too-small decomposers include earthworms and flies.

Some consumers eat only producers, some eat only other consumers, and some eat both.

A food chain is a good tool for describing the transfer or movement of matter and energy in an ecosystem.

A food web is a set of interconnected food chains.

Consumers always represent the 1st link in a food chain.

Ocean food chains usually begin with phytoplankton.

Zooplankton is the consumers in the ocean food chains.

Humans fill the role in some food chains.

The producers in the ocean food chain are phytoplankton.

The final link in a food chain can be an animal that is rarely in danger of being eaten.

All ecosystems consist of abiotic and biotic components that do not interact.

Changes to ecosystems differ in how they affect ecosystems.

..................... refers to a series of changes in a community.

A ..................... ecosystem can meet the needs of multiple species or kinds of organisms.

..................... occurs when organisms in an ecosystem need the same resources.

..................... succession is when plants and animals start living on new land.

..................... succession is when plants and animals return to disturbed or damaged land.

Stable means steady or changing.

In any ecosystem, organisms compete.

Competition is a problem unless something causes it to become unbalanced.

Eats-only producers are ............ and ..............

Eats-only consumers are ............, ............, ............, ............, ............, and ..............

Eats both ......................................