Ecosystem - Unit 3

Question 1

Green plant which makes food by photosynthesis

Answer 1

Producer

Question 2

Natural biological unit made of living and non-living parts

Answer 2

Ecosystem

Question 3

Animal that’s hunts and kills other animals for its food supply

Answer 3

Predator

Question 4

Micro-organisms that obtain energy by breaking down dead organisms or waste material

Answer 4

Decomposer

Question 5

A way of showing what organisms eat, showing the flow of food and energy from one organism to the next

Answer 5

Food chain

Question 6

The total variety of all living things

Answer 6

Biodiversity

Question 7

Animal that feeds only on plant material

Answer 7

Herbivore

Question 8

Organisms that must eat other organisms as food for energy. They cannot make their own food

Answer 8

Consumer

Question 9

A series of linked food chains showing the feeding relationships in a habitat

Answer 9

Food web

Question 10

A group of living organisms of a single species

Answer 10

Population

Question 11

Struggle between organisms to get sufficient resources to survive

Answer 11

Competition

Question 12

Animal that eat both plant and animal material

Answer 12

Omnivore

Question 13

Place where an organism lives

Answer 13

Habitat

Question 14

Animal that is hunted by other animals

Answer 14

Prey

Question 16

A group of organisms which can be interbreed to produce fertile offspring

Answer 16

Species

Question 17

All the population of animals, plants and micro-organisms that live together in a ecosystem

Answer 17

Community