Ecostystems

A community of organisms and their environment, containing biotic and abiotic factors

• biotic factors

• producer

• ecosystem

An organism that uses energy from the sun to create its own food (green plants using photosynthesis)

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

Non-living things that help sustain life in an ecosystem. Examples: air, temperature, rocks

• biotic facor

• abiotic factor

• prey

A model showing how energy moves through a food chain.

• energy pyramid

• predator

• consumer

An animal that eats other animals for food

• energy pyramid

• pray

• predator

An animal that is hunted by another animal for food.

• prey

• predator

• decomposer

Living things that make up an ecosystem. Examples: animals, plants, and bacteria

• abiotic factor

• biotic factor

• energy pyramid

An organism (fungus or bacteria) that eats dead organisms.

• prey

• predator

• decomposer

An organism that gets its energy by eating plants or animals.

• producer

• consumer

• enery pyramid

The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism

• habitat

• niche

• community