Ecosystems/Nature Science

Question 1

Condensation

Answer 1

the changing of a gas into a liquid

Question 2

Ecosystem

Answer 2

a place where living and non living things interact

Question 3

Energy Pyramid

Answer 3

a model that shows how energy moves through an ecosystem

Question 4

Producer

Answer 4

a living thing that makes or “produces” its own food

Question 5

Herbivore

Answer 5

an animal that eats plants

Question 6

Photosynthesis

Answer 6

the way that plants and other living things make food by using sunlight

Question 7

Omnivore

Answer 7

an animal that eats both plants and animals

Question 8

Carnivore

Answer 8

an animal that eats other animals

Question 9

consumer

Answer 9

a living thing that eats plants or animals (consumes food)

Question 10

Scavenger

Answer 10

an animal that eats dead animals without hunting or killing them

Question 11

Predator

Answer 11

an animal that hunts, kills, and eats other animals

Question 12

Prey

Answer 12

an animal that a predator hunts

Question 13

Community

Answer 13

all the populations in an area

Question 14

Food Web

Answer 14

all the food chains in an ecosystem

Question 15

Food Chain

Answer 15

the path of the Sun’s energy from one living thing to another

Question 16

Population

Answer 16

members of one kind of living thing in an ecosystem

Question 17

Respiration

Answer 17

the release of energy from food

Question 18

decomposer

Answer 18

a living thing that feeds on dead plants or animals

Question 19

Precipitation

Answer 19

water that falls on to the Earth

Question 20

evaporation

Answer 20

the changing of a liquid into a gas