Ecosystems

A living thing that makes its own food

Plants are producers

Nonliving factors that affect an ecosystem

Living things need abiotic factors to survive

All living components in an ecosystem

Plants and animals

All of the living things in an ecosystem

Made up of different populations

All of the members of one kind of plant or animal in an ecosystem

Example: All Arctic Foxes in the tundra

A living thing that makes its own food

Plants are producers

A living thing that gets energy by eating plants or another animal

Depend on producers for food

Organisms that break down the remains of dead animals

Examples: Mushrooms, bacteria, worms

An animal that hunts other animals for food

Examples: lion, bear, fox

An animal that is hunted for food by another animal

Examples: rabbit, fish, zebra

The path of food energy in an ecosystem

Begins with producers

Two or more food chains that connect

An animal that eats only plants

Animal that eats only other animals (meat)

An animal that eats both plants and animals

A physical feature or behavior that helps an organism survive in its habitat

Help the organism get food, hide, from predators, and survive

Examples include: camouflage, mimicry, hibernation, migration

When the last member of a species dies

Examples: Dinosaur, Dodo Bird