Ecosystems

Question 1

Decomposers

Answer 1

Decomposers change dead material into soil (bacteria, worms)

Question 2

Producers

Answer 2

Producers using a process called photosynthesis, makes a sugar called glucose (palm trees, durian, grass, clover)

Question 3

Primary consumer

Answer 3

Primary consumer: Eats producers

Question 4

Secondary consumer

Answer 4

Secondary consumer: Mostly eats primary consumers / omnivores (tiger, fox)

Question 5

Omnivores

Answer 5

Omnivores: eats PRODUCERS and primary and secondary consumers (orangutans)

Question 6

Ecosystem

Answer 6

Ecosystem - is made of organisms living in an area interacting with their environment (water, air, soil, sun)

Question 7

Habitat

Answer 7

Habitat - the natural home of an organism

Question 8

Abiotic

Answer 8

Abiotic - non-living part of an ecosystem

Question 9

Biotic

Answer 9

Biotic - living part of an ecosystem

Question 10

Explain what the arrows in a food web show or represent

Answer 10

The arrows show the FLOW of energy from one organism to another

Question 11

Why are producers called producers? What do they produce?

Answer 11

Producers make glucose (sugar) from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.

Question 12

Explain one thing all food webs have in common.

Answer 12

All food webs depend upon the sun for energy. They all have a specific order.