Ecosystems

Question 1

what is a producer?

Answer 1

an organism that makes its own food

Question 2

what is a consumer?

Answer 2

an organism that obtains energy by feeding other organisms

Question 3

what is a decomposer?

Answer 3

fungi and bacteria that breaks organic material into smaller bits

Question 4

what is a biotic member?

Answer 4

living things such as plants and animals

Question 5

what is a abiotic member?

Answer 5

non-living factors such as soil, weather, water and atmosphere etc

Question 6

what is a biome?

Answer 6

a very large ecosystem or collection of ecosystem of ecosystems with similar biotic and abiotic factors eg rainforests

Question 7

what is a food web?

Answer 7

shows all the the connections between producers and consumers in a rather more complex (web rather then chain)

Question 8

what is a food chain?

Answer 8

it shows the direct links between producers and consumers

Question 9

what is a nutrient cycle?

Answer 9

nutrients are foods that are used by plants or animals to grow

Question 10

what is water abstraction?

Answer 10

when water is removed from a river or lake for alternative uses such as industry