Ecology: Food Chains

This is a review for the 3rd Nine Week's exams.

Food Chain

________: a diagram that shows how energy moves from organism to another.

Population

________: a group of organisms of the same species that live and breed together.

Consumer

________: an organism that eats other organisms for energy.

Biosphere

________: all of the ecosystems on Earth make this up.

Herbivore

________: an organism that only eats producers.

Producer

________: an organism that can produce its own food internally.

Decomposer

________: an organism that breaks down organic matter from dead organisms.

Omnivore

________: an organism that eats both plants and other animals.

Biotic Factor

________: living parts of an environment.

Food Web

________: a complex diagram that shows all of the food chains in an environment.

Ecosystem

________: a community of organisms and their abiotic environment.

Abiotic Factor

________: non- living parts of an environment.

Ecosystem

a community of organisms and their abiotic environment

Abiotic Factor

non-living parts of an environment

Biosphere

all of the ecosystems on Earth make this up

Community

a group of various species that live in the same habitat and interact

Biotic Factor

living parts of an environment

Population

a group of organisms of the same species that live and breed together

Food Chain

a diagram that shows how energy moves from organism to another

Herbivore

an organism that only eats producers

Producer

an organism that can produce its own food internally

Omnivore

an organism that eats both plants and other animals

Food Web

a complex diagram that shows all of the food chains in an environment

Consumer

an organism that eats other organisms for energy