Energy Flow

1. The part the lizard played in nature—what it ate and used and what used it, where it
4. A meadow is a rabbit’s habitat.
8. other resources.
9. The ecosystems scientist studied ecology.
11. We found coyote scat with berries and nuts in it. It was not like dog scat.
14. The deer population in Yellowstone National Park went down from 400 to 320 in
16. Sally is an omnivore—she loves burgers and fruit.
17. A plant goes through photosynthesis to make food from the sun’s energy
19. year.
20. A deer eats only grass and other plants, so it is an herbivore.
21. and so on—was its niche.

2. The ecologist loved studying ecosystems.
3. A mountain lion is a carnivore—it only eats meat.
5. up the ecosystem.
6. A yucca’s funnel-shaped leaves are an adaptation to help it catch more water.
7. The top of the Sandia Mountains is at a high elevation.
10. The mushroom was a decomposer: it was breaking down the dead tree.
11. American black bears are all the same species.
12. Consumers consume, or eat, other things.
13. Producers, consumers, decomposers, non-living things, and their connections
14. A plant that makes food using the sun’s energy is a producer.
15. Rain and snow are types of precipitation.
18. Rocks and water are non-living things.