Vocabulary
Terrestrail
Aquatic
Food Chains/Food Webs
Interdependence within Ecosystems
100
Define Consumer and provide an example.
An organism that needs to eat (consume) meat and or plants for energy.
100
Define terrestrail and provide an example.
Land ecosystems. Dessert, forest, grasslands, rainforest.
100
Which type of ecosystem depends on WATER for organisms to thrive and survive?
Aquatic.
100
What is the primary function of a producer in an ecosystem?
Using photosynthesis to make their own food.
100
If the sun and water no longer existed in an ecosystem, what would happen to that ecosystem?
Plants and animals would no longer be able to survive.
200
Define Producer and provide an example.
An organism that uses the SUN to produce its food. Example- plants.
200
What ecosystem would you find a monkey swinging from the trees?
A) tropical rainforest
B) dessert
C) decidious forest
D) ocean
A) tropical rainforest
200
What is the main difference between a lake ecosystem and an ocean ecosystem?
Ocean - saltwater
Lake - freshwater
200
A lion only eats antelope and buffalo. What type of consumer is the lion?
Carnivore.
200
A black bear eats BERRIES and INSECTS. What type of consumer is a black bear?
Omnivore.
300
Define organism and provide an example.
Any living thing, humans etc.
300
Describe the animal and plant life in a tropical rainforest ecosystem.
Monkeys, snakes, frogs and flowers, trees, and ferns.
300
Which two ecosystems contain saltwater organisms?
ocean and estuaries.
300
A crow eats a dead animal what type of consumer is it?
Scavenger. It looks for dead animals to eat.
300
Tell the definition of an HERBIVORE and 3 examples.
Deer
Cow
Ladybug
etc
400
Define abiotic.
A nonliving thing. Computer, book, desk, ect.
400
Describe the tropical rainforest and decidous forest ecosystems; animal life and climate.
Tropical rainforest - panthers, monkeys, tropical birds (tucan, parrot); consistent temps, lots of precipitation (rain)
Decidious forest - black bears, deer, rabbit ; seasonals temps and precipitation (rain)
400
Describe the differences between estuaries, ponds, and oceans - animals life, type of water.
ocean - sharks, crabs, saltwater fish, coral
ponds - shallow freshwater algae ducks and turtles
estuaries - brackish water brought in by the tides ; grasses, otters, shrimp
400
Rhinos tend to only eat shrubs and grass. What type of consumer is the rhino?
Herbivore.
400
How do nutrients get back into the soil? What organism accomplishes this?
Decomposers. Breaking down dead plants and animals releasing nutrients back into the soil for the producers to use.
500
Define food chain.
The order in which organisms, or living things, depend on each other for food that shows the flow of energy.
500
Describe the grasslands ecosystem. Plant life and animal life.
TALL GRASS, few trees, fertile soil ; bison, pairie dogs
500
Which organism would BENEFIT if the herrings population was removed?
Zooplankton.
500
What is an example of a TERRESTRAIL organism relying on an AQUATIC organism?
A) birds eating worms
B) Fish eating algae
C) Sharks eating octopus
D) Bear eating a fish
D.
500
Why are decomposers so important in an ecosystem?
They break down dead plants and animals giving nutrients back into the soil.