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1 Ecosystems

An ecosystem is all the living and non-living things that interact in an environment. A population is a group of the same species that live in the same ecosystem, while a community includes all the different populations that live in the same place. Producers like plants make their own food, consumers eat other organisms, and decomposers break down dead organisms and waste. Energy flows through ecosystems in food chains and webs from producers to various consumer levels and decomposers.

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1 Ecosystems

An ecosystem is all the living and non-living things that interact in an environment. A population is a group of the same species that live in the same ecosystem, while a community includes all the different populations that live in the same place. Producers like plants make their own food, consumers eat other organisms, and decomposers break down dead organisms and waste. Energy flows through ecosystems in food chains and webs from producers to various consumer levels and decomposers.

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What is an ecosystem?

Vocabulary Words
Environment
Ecosystem
Population
Community
Ecosystems

An ecosystem is all the organisms and the physical


environment they interact with.
Individuals and Populations

One deer is an individual. A group of deer is called a


population. A population is a group of the same species
of something living in the same ecosystem.
Individuals and Populations
Individual Population
Communities
Amazon Rain Forest Blue Ridge Mountains

A community is all the populations that live


in the same place. E.g., plants, animals and people in the
same place.
Review Questions
• What is an ecosystem?
• What is the difference between individuals
and populations?
• What is a community?
What are the roles of producers,
consumers, and decomposers?

Vocabulary Words
–producer
–omnivore
–consumer
–herbivore
–carnivore
–decomposer
Producers

A producer is a living thing that makes its own food


from sunlight, air, and soil. Any kind of green plant,
small or large.
Consumers

An animal that eats plants or other animals is called a


consumer. Consumers cannot make their own food.
Consumers must eat other living things.
Kinds of Consumers
There are 3 kinds of consumers, herbivores,
carnivores, and omnivores.
Decomposers
A decomposer eats dead plants or animals. Decomposers
also break down waste. Earthworms are decomposers.
They eat dead plants. Fungi are decomposers too. They
break down wood from dead trees.
Review Questions
• What are producers?
• What are consumers?
• Describe the 3 kinds of consumers.
• Give an example of each kind of consumer.
• What are decomposers and how do they help
the Earth?
How does energy flow through an
ecosystem?

Vocabulary Words
–habitat
–food chain
–prey
–predator
–food web
–energy pyramid
Habitats

The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other


organism (where something lives).
It can be small like under a rock, or large like an ocean.
Types of Habitats
Prey and Predators
Consumers that are eaten are called prey. Consumers
that eat prey are called predators.
Can you locate the prey and the predators in the picture?
Food Chains

A food chain shows the path of food energy. Most food


chains start with producers, or plants that get energy
from the sun.
Food Webs
Food Webs
Tertiary Consumers
Eats 2nd level consumer.

Secondary Consumers
Eats a 1st level consumer.

Primary Consumers
At the bottom of food
web. They eat producers.
Review Questions
• What is a habitat? Give an example.
• Describe the difference between a food chain
and a food web.
• Give examples of a prey and predator. How
are they different?

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