A forest is an area where most plants are trees
The environment is everything that surrounds a living thing
To a population of frogs living near a pond, the pond is its habitat.
The population that lives in the same place is an ecosystem
the population is made up of all the living things of the same kind that live in the same area at the same time.
Two types of forest that get a lot of rain.
Tropical rain forest and Coastal forest
Coniferous forest and deciduous forest
these two are freshwater ecosystems
rivers and lakes
beach and ocean
this type of ecosystem has hot summers and cold winter.
desert
grassland
their trees are needle-shaped, and the winters here are very cold
deciduous forest
coniferous forest
is the greatest ecosystem of all.
dessert ecosystem
saltwater ecosystem
Animals that only eat plants are called
Carnivores
herbivores
Omnivores
Animals that eat both, plants and other animals are called
Herbivores
On top of the pyramid of the food chain are the animals that are not usually eaten bu other animals
At the bottom or base of the pyramid of the food chain are the plant-eating animals
For all living things, energy comes from the sunlight we absorb from the soil