Ecosystem Study Guide
What should I know?
 What types of ecosystems have I learned about? (think about the
video we watched or the readings in our book about the different
ecosystems).
 What is a living thing?
 What is a nonliving thing?
 How can living and nonliving things interact?
 What is a food chain? Be able to draw and label a food chain (w/
the arrows that say provides energy for…)
 What is a food web? Be able to draw and label a food chain (w/ 4
to 5 arrows)
 What does every food chain begin with?
 What is being passed along every food chain?
 Know the definitions for and be able to give an example of a:
herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, producers, consumers and
decomposers.