Hosted By Mrs. Shook Environment Animals Interact Types of Organisms Ecology & Ecosystems 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 What is a decomposer? This type of organism recycles dead organisms. Row 1, Col 1 What is a food chain? Sun – Grass – Grasshopper – Snake – Eagle - Bacteria. 1,2 What are producers? The beginning of all food chains Plants may include grass, trees, Or algae. 1,3 What is an ecosystem? All of the living and nonliving Things in an area. 1,4 What is habitat loss? We are affecting organisms This way by building malls, Homes, roads, & businesses. 2,1 What is a predator? An animal hunts another Animal for food. 2,2 What is a consumer? Organisms that can not make Their own food & they get Energy by eating other organisms. 2,3 What are abiotic factors? In an ecosystem there could be Rocks, dirt, water, air or sand. 2,4 What is pollution? We are affecting organisms This way by burning fuels, using Too much fertilizers, and Dumping garbage. 3,1 What is parasitism? One kind of organism lives on Another and may harm that Organism – like a flea on a dog. 3,2 What is a herbivore? Consumers that eat only producers. 3,3 What are biotic factors? In an ecosystem there could Be snails, fish, algae, crickets Grass, and snakes. 3,4 What is reuse, recycle, reduce? Humans can help the Environment by applying The 3 R’s. 4,1 What is commensalism? A relationship in which one Organism benefits from another Organism without harming or Helping – orchids attach to trees. 4,2 What is an omnivore? An organism that eats Both berries and fish – a bear. 4,3 What is a niche? The role or job of an organism In the community. 4,4 What are limits? At one time a fisherman could Catch as many fish as he wanted. Now these have been put in place To prevent over fishing. 5,1 What is mutualism? A relationship between two Kinds of organisms that benefits Both of them – cleaner fish & shark. 5,2 (Type the question for 5,3 here.)? Organisms that eat only other animals. 5,3 What is a community? All the populations or groups Of species living in the same area. 5,4