Ecosystem

What are the living and nonliving things in an environment or area?

• predator

• ecosystem

• producer

• abiotic factor

An organism that can make its own food

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

Small consumers that are hunted and eaten by larger consumers

• producer

• predator

• prey

Interacting food chains found in an ecosystem

• food web

• predator

• food chain

An animal that hunts and eats other animals for energy

• prey

• decomposer

• predator

These organisms cannot make their own food; they must eat something for energy

• decomposer

• producer

• consumer

Choose the decomposer.

• grass

• bacteria

• elephant

• bird

The non-living parts of an ecosystem

• abiotic factors

• biotic factors

• soil

• oxygen

All of the different populations that live in a specific area.

• ecosystem

• habitat

• ecology

• community

The place where an organism life provides it with shelter, food, and water.

• ecosystem

• population

• habitat

• community