the living world

Question 1

abiotic

Answer 1

non-living components in an ecosystem

Question 2

biomes

Answer 2

a large scale ecosystem such as a rainforest

Question 3

biotic

Answer 3

living components in an ecosystem

Question 4

consumers

Answer 4

gets energy from eating other producers or consumers

Question 5

decomposers

Answer 5

when dead material decays, nutrients are released into the soil

Question 6

ecosystem

Answer 6

made up of plants, animals and their surrounding physical environment, including, soil, rainwater and sunlight

Question 7

food chain

Answer 7

a simple diagram showing what eats what in an ecosystem

Question 8

food web

Answer 8

-a complex picture of food chains and how they overlap.
-They can be composed of thousands of species

Question 9

nutrient cycle

Answer 9

-this is when nutrients are transferred throughout the ecosystem
-dead material decomposes, puts nutrients into the soil, consumer eats plants, consumer dies and nutrients return to the soil

Question 10

producers

Answer 10

convert energy from sunlight to produce food (photosynthesis)