Ecosystem Interactions
Explore the fascinating world of ecosystems, food chains, and how living things interact with their environment.
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1. What is an ecosystem?
A group of animals living together.
All the living and non-living things in an area interacting with each other.
Only the plants in a forest.
The weather in a specific place.
2. Which of these is a producer in a food chain?
A lion
A rabbit
A grass plant
A mushroom
3. Animals that eat other animals are called .
4. All the living things in an ecosystem are called factors.
5. A habitat provides an organism with food, water, shelter, and .
6. Decomposers break down dead organisms and return nutrients to the soil.
True
False
7. A food chain shows how energy flows from one living thing to another.
True
False
8. Look at the food chain below. What role does the frog play?
9. Give two examples of non-living (abiotic) factors in an ecosystem.
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
10. A plant is a because it makes its own food.
11. All the living and non-living things in an area make up an .
12. An animal that eats plants or other animals is called a .
13. Living components of an ecosystem are known as factors.