Review: Ecosystem

Where does the food chain START?

• with consumers that eat grass

• with the sun giving energy to producers

• with the sun giving energy to consumers

• with consumers eating other consumers

 Animals that eat a variety of meats, fruits, and vegetables are

• producers

• Carnivores

• omnivores

• herbivores

Check all abiotic conditions that might be found in a pond ecosystem

• temperature of the water

• dissolved oxygen in the water

• insect populations

• bacteria in the water

• dissolved nutrients in the water

The physical location of an ecosystem for given species lives is called a niche

• True

• False

The study of how living things interact is called:

• Ecosystem

• Ecology

• Ecological relationship

• Ecological organization

An ecosystem is made up of:

• Biotic only

• Abiotic factors only

• Biotic and the Abiotic factors

• Biotic and decaying matter only

All the leopard frogs in a pond make up the pond’s

• habitat

• population

• niche

• ecosystem

An example of a producer is a:

• fungi

• caterpillar

• moss

• bird

A caterpillar eats a leaf, and a bird eats the caterpillar. In this interaction, the bird is a:

• producer

• herbivore

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

Both consumers and producers are a source of food for:

• scavengers

• decomposers

• carnivores

• herbivores