Ecosystems

An ____ is all the living and nonliving things that exist and interact in one place.

• producers

• ecosystem

• consumers

• population

An ecosystem describes a specific area where the organisms ______ _______ as a unit.

• work together

• living components

• are home

• break down

To live and grow, plants and animals need _____ things.

• home

• living

• nonliving

• nutrients

Nonliving (abiotic factors) include _____, _____ , ______ , and ___.

• soil, water, and air

• soil, water , air , and plants

• soil, water, air, and sunlight

• soil, water, air, and animals

Living components can be sorted into three groups. What are the 3 groups?

• fish, water, and sharks

• producers, consumers, and decomposers

• living, nonliving, and home

• basic need, living, and nonliving

The living components of an ecosystem include: ____ and ____.

• plants and animals

• living and nonliving

• water and air

• soil and sunlight

A living thing can live only in an environment that meets its ____.

• water

• community

• population

• needs

All the living things in an ecosystem make up a ________.

• community

• population

• home

• needs

A _________ is all the members of one kind of plant or animal.

• community

• population

• consumers

• producers

__________ play the role of producers.

• animals

• sunlight

• plants

• energy