Ecosystems

Question 1

biotic

Answer 1

a living organism

Question 2

abiotic

Answer 2

a non-living organism

Question 3

photosynthesis

Answer 3

The process in which plants use the sun’s energy to produce food for themselves

Question 4

producer

Answer 4

An organism that makes its own energy by producing its own food (ex. plants, trees)

Question 5

consumer

Answer 5

An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms (ex. deer, humans)

Question 6

predator

Answer 6

an animal that hunts other animals for energy

Question 7

prey

Answer 7

an animal that is hunted by the predator

Question 8

herbivore

Answer 8

a consumer that gets energy by eating only plants (Ex. rabbits, giraffes)

Question 9

omnivore

Answer 9

a consumer that gets energy by eating both plants and animals (ex. bears, birds)

Question 10

carnivore

Answer 10

a consumer that gets energy by only eating other animals (ex. lions, wolves)

Question 11

decomposer

Answer 11

an organism that breaks down dead for decaying things and releases nutrients back into the soil (ex. worms, fungi)

Question 12

scavenger

Answer 12

an organizsm that feeds off of dead organisms before they decompose (ex. vultures, raccoons)

Question 13

food chain

Answer 13

a diagram that shows how energy is stored by producers and passed on to consumers

Question 14

food web

Answer 14

diagrams that show relationships between different food chains in an ecosystem as well as the relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers

Question 15

symbiotic relationship

Answer 15

a close relationship between two different kinds of organisms (living things)

Question 16

mutualism

Answer 16

a relationship where both organisms are helped (ex. a bee and a flower-the bee gets nectar and the flower gets pollinated)

Question 17

commensalism

Answer 17

a relationship where one organism is helped, and the other is neither harmed nor helped (Ex. a bird;s next and a tree- the tree has shelter, the tree is not affected)

Question 18

parasitism

Answer 18

a relationship where one organism is helped ( parasite), while the other is harmed (host). (ex. fleas and a dog- fleas feed off of the dog, but the dog’s skin become irritated)