Ecosystem PowerPoint

By: Christian Gomez Period 7

ScienceMr. Sunesara

What is an Ecosystem?

All the living and nonliving things that interact in

an area.

Example of Ecosystem

What is a habitat?

The place where an organism lives and that

provides the things it needs to survive.

Example of Habitat

What are biotic factors?

A living part of an

ecosystem.

Example of Biotic Factor

What is an Abiotic Factor?

A nonliving part of an

ecosystem.

Example of Abiotic Factor

Example of Abiotic Factor

List the 5 abiotic factors to which organisms respond.

Water, Sunlight, Oxygen,

Temperature, & Soil

Example of Abiotic Factor

Example of Abiotic Factor

What are producers?

An organism that can make its own food.

Example of Producer

What are consumers?

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on

other organisms.

Example of Consumer

What are herbivores?

An animal that eats only plants.

Example of Herbivore

What are carnivores?

An animal that eats only

other animals.

Example

of Carnivore

What are omnivores?

An animal that eats both plants and animals.

Example of Omnivore

What are decomposers?

An organism that breaks down the large molecules

from wastes and the remains of dead organisms into small molecules and

returns important materials to the soil and water.

Example of Decomposer

What is a food chain?

The series of events in which one organism

eats another, resulting in a flow of energy

among the organisms involved.

Example of Food Chain

Hawk Worm Soil Grass

Skunk

Draw a food chain.

Example of Food Chain

Hawk Worm Soil Grass

Skunk

Draw a food web.

Example of Food Web

Human Cow Grass Tree Fruit Human

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