Key Words - Living World 1

Question 1

Food Chain

Answer 1

A series of connected plants and animals, showing which species eat which

Question 2

Food Web

Answer 2

A network of interconnected food chains, showing movement of energy and nutrients through an ecosystem

Question 3

Biotic Components

Answer 3

The living parts of an ecosystem.

Question 4

Abiotic Components

Answer 4

The non-living parts of an ecosystem

Question 5

Ecosystem

Answer 5

A natural system of plants, animals and their natural environment.
Can be as small as a single tree or as large as several continents.

Question 6

Producers

Answer 6

Green plants that convert energy from sunlight by photosynthesis

Question 7

Consumers

Answer 7

Animals that eat other living things to get their energy

Can be primary (eat plants) or secondary (eat other animals)

Question 8

Decomposers

Answer 8

Things that break down dead plant and animal remains to return nutrients to the soil

Question 9

Nutrient Cycling

Answer 9

The movement of foods that are used by plants

These come from rainwater, or from weathered rock under the soil

Question 10

Biodiversity

Answer 10

The variety of plant and animal life in a particular ecosystem
The higher the better

Question 11

Coniferous

Answer 11

Plants that have leaves all year round, like Christmas trees

Question 12

Deciduous

Answer 12

Plants that drop their leaves to conserve water and survive the winter.