5-6 Ecology Handout

living organism

reproduce

H2Orespire

energy source(food)

grow

makewaste

made of cells

die

space

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TemperateClimateRegion

TropicalClimateRegion

TemperateClimateRegion

PolarClimateRegion

Equator

Tropic ofCancer

Tropic ofCapricorn

Arctic Circle

AntarcticCircle

North Pole

South Pole

5-6 Ecology Handout

ECOSYSTEMall the biotic and abiotic things in an environment

and how they interact

ANIMALIAmulticellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophs with no cell

walls

examples include sunlight, heat, topography,

weather, water, dirt, rock, air, sand

MONERAunicellular, prokaryotic,

autotrophs or heterotrophs with cell walls

FUNGImulticellular, eukaryotic,

heterotrophs with cell walls

PROTISTAunicellular, eukaryotic,

autrotrophs or heterotrophs with or

without cell walls

PLANTAEmulticellular,

eukaryotic, autotrophs with cell walls

ABIOTICall non-living things

in an environment not made of cells

BIOTICall living or dead things

(organisms) in an environment made of cells

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5-6 Ecology Handout

5-6 Ecology Handout

5-6 Ecology Handout

5-6 Ecology Handout

TROPHIC ROLEShow organisms get the energy they need to survive

PRODUCERan organism that

makes its own food using sunlight,

carbon dioxide and water

CONSUMERan organism that gets

its food from other other organisms

all plants, some bacteria and

some protists are producers

most animals, some bacteria,

and some protists are consumers

consumers and decomposers have

different titles depending on what they eat

HERBIVOREa consumer or

decomposer that eats plants

CARNIVOREa consumer or

decomposer that eats animals

OMNIVOREa consumer or

decomposer that eats animals and plants

consumers that hunt or are hunted for food are given

different names

PREDATORa carnivore or

omnivore that hunts other animals for food

PREYa herbivore, carnivore,

or omnivore that is hunted by other

animals

DECOMPOSERan organism that

breaks down other organisms into abiotic

components

all fungi, some animals, some bacteria and

some protists are decomposers

AUTOTROPHan organism that

makes its own food from abiotic sources

HETEROTROPHan organism that gets

its food from biotic sources

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Food Chain

producer

primary consumer

herbivore or omnivore

prey

secondary consumer

carnivore or omnivoreprey and predator

tertiary consumer

carnivore or omnivore predator

predator/preyinteraction

predator/preyinteraction

Producersoften plants (or protists) that make their own food

using sunlight to photosynthesize

Primary Consumersherbivores or omnivores

Secondary Consumersomnivores or carnivores

Tertiary Consumerscarnivores or

omnivores

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minnow

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