Ecosystems
living things, the physical environment, and the relationships between living things and the environment
All living things are either producers or consumers
True or False
True
Gorillas (gorillas of the same family help protect their young from danger)
What are examples of terrestrial ecosystems?
Forests, Grasslands, Deserts, Polar and high mountain regions
All living things belong to a species
True or False
True
What are animals? (Consumers or producers)
Consumers
What are associations?
Animals cooperate (work together) to defend themselves, travel, or get food
What are examples of aquatic ecosystems?
Freshwater ecosystems and saltwater ecosystems
What is a population?
Same species living in an ecosystem
What are herbivores?
(Primary, secondary, or tertiary consumers)
What is an example of a society?
Honey bees (they live in a bee hive, the queen bee reproduces, and the worker bees collect pollen and raise the young)
What are characteristics of deserts?
little rain, few plants and animals
What is a community?
Different populations of living things living in the same ecosystem
Carnivores are what?
(Primary, secondary, or tertiary consumers)
Secondary consumers
What is mutualism?
Relationship that benefits two different species
covered with ice and snow, almost no plants, very few animals
terrestrial ecosystems and aquatic ecosystems
Food chain always starts with the secondary consumer
True or False
What is parasitism?
Relationship that benefits one species and harms the other species
What are the characteristics of forests
many trees