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Ecosystem Review Sheet

Word Bank:

Habitat Population Community Ecosystem


Biotic factor Abiotic factor Ecology Producer
nd
2 level consumer Consumer Nocturnal Herbivore
Carnivore Omnivore Decomposer Food chain
1st level consumer Food web

Fill in the blanks using the word bank above

1 ___________________________ The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment

2 ___________________________ All the members of one species in a particular area

3 ___________________________ A consumer that eats both plants and animals.

4 ___________________________ A consumer that eats only producers (level not type)

5 ___________________________ An organism that eats only plants (type not level)

6 ___________________________ An organism that obtains energy by breaking down wastes and the remains of dead organisms

7 ___________________________ The living AND non-living things that interact in a particular area

8 ___________________________ Place where an organism lives and that provides the things the organism needs to survive

9 ___________________________ An organism that obtains food and energy by eating other organisms

10 ___________________________ A model that shows how energy is transferred from one organism to another

11 ___________________________ Different populations that live together in an area

12 ___________________________ The non-living parts of an ecosystem

13 ___________________________ Organism that eats only animals

14 ___________________________ An organism that can make its own food

15 ___________________________ A series of overlapping food chains that shows the eating patterns within an ecosystem

16 ___________________________ The living parts of an ecosystem

17 ___________________________ A consumer that eats 1st level consumers.

18 ___________________________ Active at night

FOOD CHAINS / FOOD WEBS


Plant → Aphid → Robin → Sparrow hawk

19 Is this a food chain or food web?

20 Name all of the producers?


21 Who is the 2nd level consumer?

22 In this ecosystem, would you expect there to be more aphids or sparrow hawks?

23 Be able to construct a food web and identify various food chains within a food web

LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION
Identify each of the following as:

A Ecosystem B Habitat
C Community D Population

24 _____________ The classroom

25 _____________ All the mice in the classroom

26 _____________ Only the mice, humans, earthworms, and fish in the room

27 _____________ The aquarium (wet soil with dead organisms) that the earthworms live in

SHORT ANSWER:

28 How does a habitat, population, community, and ecosystem differ?

29 What is the primary source of energy in all food chains?

30 How are producers, consumers, and decomposers different?

31 How is a food chain different from a food web?


32 Why are there fewer top-level consumers than lower level consumers?

33 In a food chain, what direction does the arrow point (be specific: it goes from ________ to _________)?

34 Why do consumers eat other organisms?

35 Arrange the following in order from the smallest to the largest (population, ecosystem, organism, community).

36 Name at least three ways in which energy can be lost.

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