Ecosystems Skill Builder
| # | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1 | An ecosystem is a place where living things and nonliving things interact with each other. |
| 2 | Possible answers include fish, frogs, insects, turtles, ducks, or water plants. |
| 3 | A producer makes its own food using sunlight, like a plant does. |
| 4 | A consumer is a living thing that gets energy by eating plants or other animals. |
| 5 | Grass, rabbit, fox. |
| 6 | Decomposers break down dead plants and animals and return nutrients to the soil. |
| 7 | Plants may not grow well, which can reduce food for animals and affect the whole food chain. |
| 8 | A habitat gives an animal food, water, shelter, and space to live. |
| 9 | The frog population might decrease because there is less food available. |
| 10 | Energy starts with the grass, which makes its own food. The grasshopper eats the grass, and the bird eats the grasshopper. Energy passes from one living thing to the next. |