The Ecosystem Lesson

An __________ includes all living and non-living things in an environment.

• population

• niche

• abitotic

• ecosystem

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

_______ are consumers that eat only meat.

• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Carnivore

________ are consumers that eat plants and meat.

• Herbivores

• Omnivores

• Carnivores

Which group do fungi(mushrooms), bacteria, and earthworms belong to?

• decomposers

• producers

• herbivores

• omnivores

Which organism make their own food through the process of photosynthesis? 

• decomposer
• consumer
• herbivore
• producer 

How does energy enter an ecosystem? 

• sunlight
• soil 
• animals 
• invasive species 

How do consumers get their energy? 

• laying in the sun
• eating other organisms 
• providing food for other organisms
• surviving in an ecosystem 

A primary consumer...

• is an animal at the top of the food chain

• is a carnivore

• is an animal at the beginning of the food chain

• is a decomposer

A secondary consumer gets his energy from...

• the sun

• another consumer

• producers

• eating dead plants or animals

If producers died off, the following would happen...

• the primary consumer population would grow.

• the secondary consumer population would grow.

• all food chains would start to die off.

• only herbivores would die.