Ecosystems
What is a group of organisms and the environment in which they live?
Ecosystem
What are the changes in an organism to become more suited to its environment?
Adaptation
Instead of the jungle, where are most lions found?
In the savanna
What is a struggle between two or more organisms for a limited resource?
Competition
About how many hours of sunlight does the rainforest get each day?
12 hours
What is an organism that feeds on dead plant or animal matter called?
A decomposer
What is an organism that relies on other plants and animals for food?
Consumer
What is an animal hunted or caught for food by other animals?
Prey
What is a sequence of organisms in a community where each member feeds on the one below it?
Food Chain
About how much rain does the rainforest get each year?
At least 80 inches of rain falls in the rainforest each year.
Earthworms are
a. producers
b. decomposers
What is an animal that eats only plants?
Herbivore
What is an animal that kills and eats other animals?
Predator
What is a network of interconnected food chains?
Food web
What is an organism that makes its own food?
Producer
An ounce of soil can contain 100,000,000 what?
Bacteria!
(and it can also contain 100,000 algae and 1,000,000 fungi!
What is an animal that eats both plants and other animals?
Omnivore
Which family are lions a part of?
Feline
In this food web, which item would come first?
impala, grass, hyena
grass
Grass, impala, hyena
What is the tallest layer of rainforest trees?
Overstory
Explain how earthworms are good for the soil.
Earthworms aerate the soil.
Earthworms provide nutrients with their castings.
What is an animal that eats other animals?
Carnivore
Are lions capable of killing every species they encounter?
No, they can hunt and kill NEARLY any species they encounter.
In this food web, which of these would be considered top predators? (choose 2)
ant, grass, lion, zebra, giraffe, cheetah, acacia tree
Lion and Cheetah
grass and acacia trees would be eaten by the zebra, ant, and giraffe. The lion and cheetah would eat the zebra and giraffe.
What is the dense upper layer of rainforest foliage called?
Canopy