Ecosystems Vocabulary

An organism eaten by a predator in order for the predator to gain energy.

• consumer

• producer

• prey

• decomposer

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A community of several food chains that intertwine.

• food web

• population

• community

• niche

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A plant is an example because they can make their own food.

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

• habitat

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What is an animal that eats only plants?

• vegetarian

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

What are animals called that only eat other animals?

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

• meatatarian

Polar bears can't survive in the desert because it is not their natural _______

• habitat

• population

• niche

• community

What is made up of 3 living features and 1 nonliving feature?

• community

• population

• ecosystem

• niche

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What are mushrooms known as because they break down into waste?

• abiotic

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

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Everyone has their own _______ because they have a role to play.

• niche

• prey

• habitat

• population

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The series of one organism being eaten by another in a chain is called ______

(flower eaten by a rabbit which is eaten by a hawk)

• omnivore

• carnivore

• food web

• food chain