An ecosystem is a community of living things (like plants, animals, and tiny organisms) interacting with each other and their non-living environment (like air, water, and soil). Everything in an ecosystem is connected! Plants need sunlight and water, animals eat plants or other animals, and when things die, they decompose and return nutrients to the soil, helping new plants grow. It's like a big, amazing circle of life! ๐
Ecosystems can be big like a forest, or small like a puddle! They all have living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) parts that work together.
Match the word to its definition:
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. Ecosystem | A. A living thing, like a plant or animal. |
| 2. Habitat | B. The place where a plant or animal lives. |
| 3. Organism | C. All living things in an area interacting with non-living things. |
| 4. Biotic | D. Non-living things in an ecosystem. |
| 5. Abiotic | E. Living things in an ecosystem. |
Use these words to fill in the blanks: sunlight, animals, water, plants, air.
All living things need __________, __________ and __________. __________ use __________ to make their own food. __________ eat the plants or other animals.
If all the plants in a forest ecosystem suddenly disappeared, what do you think would happen to the animals that live there? Explain your answer.
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