Ecosystems and Adaptations

An ecosystem is made up of:

• Animals

• Plants

• Living things

• Living and nonliving things

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What shows the path of food energy in an ecosystem?

• food chain

• food pyramid

• food web

• life cycle

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Most microorganisms are_________.

• Beneficial 

• Harmful

A living organism that breaks down dead plants and animals.

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

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An animal that eats both plants and other animals.

• Omnivore

• Consumer

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

A food chain that overlaps.

• Adaptation

• Interdependence

• Habitat

• Food Web

When animals change to live in their current habitat or environment.

• Adaptation

• Interdependence

• Habitat

• Food Web

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Living things depend on each other for survival.

• Food Chain

• Interdependence

• Habitat

• Food Web

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An animal that eats other animals.

• Consumer

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

The environment where a group of different species live.

• Food Web

• Habitat

• Home

• System