Categorize the items below as either Living Components of an Ecosystem or Nonliving Components of an Ecosystem.
Oxygen
Moss
River
Leaves
Bacteria
Rocky Cave
Living Components of an Ecosystem
Nonliving Components of an Ecosystem
For each example below, decide if the living thing is interacting with another living thing or with a nonliving component of an ecosystem.
A lizard burrows into the sand to stay cool.
Two box turtles slide down into a small pond.
A butterfly dips its proboscis inside a flower.
An anole catches and eats a cricket off of a leaf.
Barracudas travel quickly using ocean currents.
A box turtle eats a ripe strawberry.
A cactus wren eats seeds from a cactus fruit.
Interacting with a living thing
Interacting with a nonliving component
When an organism’s habit changes, how will the organism respond?
An ecosystem is composed of both living and nonliving components.
Which components are living?
Which components are nonliving?
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A pond ecosystem is shown. Which observations in the pond ecosystem describe a living component interacting with another living component?
Select TWO correct answers
Which observations describe a bird interacting with nonliving components?
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In Texas, the wild hog population has significantly increased over the last few decades. Hogs are omnivores and feed on both plants and small animals. What effect has the growing hog population have on the Texas ecosystem?
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How does a deer, a living organism, interact and depend on water, a nonliving element, in the environment?
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How does a sea turtle, a living organism, interact with nonliving elements to survive?
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Developers are building a shopping mall where there were once many trees. Which organisms in the environment would be directly impacted?
Use a complete sentence.
Using the picture below, what are TWO nonliving components?
Using the picture below, what are TWO living components?
Using the picture below, what TWO living organism is interacting directly with the sunlight?
