Ecosystem Flashcard

Front

All energy comes from the _______.

Back

sun

Front

What do all living things need?

Back

Food, shelter, space, and water

Front

If one source of food decreased what happens to its predators?

Back

More competition for food

Front

Energy is returned in a cycle through what?

Back

decomposers

Front

What is a consumer?

Back

something that eats something else

Front

What is a producer?

Back

something that makes its own food, like plants

Front

What is a decomposer?

Back

something that breaks down dead plants and animals

Front

What is an ecosystem?

Back

a community of living things and their environment

Front

What is a habitat?

Back

the place where an organism lives

Front

What is a food chain?

Back

a sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another