Ecosystem
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Define: Ecosystem. BONUS 100pts:List the 5 Ecosystems we read about in Chapter 3.
What is ... a system where living and nonliving things interact. And BONUS: 1)Desert 2)Grassland 3)Tundra 4)Forest 5)Tropical Rainforest
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If most of a population of animals die, the food _____ will change.
What is web.
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Algae is on the bottom of the food chain, meaning it must be a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
What is a producer.
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*First team to have the answer gets the points: Page 88 and 89 in the textbook describes a _____ ___.
What is food web.
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What will you be studying tonight for your Test tomorrow?
What is ...your study guide. Bring back to school tomorrow with parent signatures to show you were seen studying at home.
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Think about the word ecosystem. The prefix eco- comes from an old Greek word for house. A system is a group of related parts that work together. Why would a desert be considered a system?
What is ... It has parts that work together for a purpose.
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True or False: In a food web, the zooplankton would be considered a producer.
What is FALSE. Zooplankton is a consumer because it feeds from algae.
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Select one: When matter flows in a food chain between a producer and consumer, the arrows point (toward/away from) the consumers.
What is toward.
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First to answer correctly gets points: What is in the mouth of the Greater roadrunner with its prey in the food web on page 89 of the textbook?
What is a lizzard.
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Give three examples of a producer.
What is ..answers may vary.
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An animal's job or role in an ecosystem is called its ___________.
What is niche.
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If the amount of food decreases, the population may _________.
What is decrease.
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_______ and ________ are things that animals need to travel through a food chain.
What is nutrients and minerals.
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First to answer correctly wins points: The Okefenokee Swamp covers areas in what two states? (Lesson 3 pages 90-95)
What is Florida and Georgia.
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What three things help speed up the process of decay? a)amount of oxygen, temperature, humidity b)amount of carbon dioxide and oxygen, & temperature c)humidity,carbon dioxide, temperature
What is a)the right amount of oxygen, the amount of moisture (or humidity), and temperature all affect how quickly an organism decays.
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Define habitat. How is it different than an animal's niche?
What is...A habitat is a place where an organism lives in its ecosystem. A niche is an organism's job or role it has in its habitat.
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Decaying organisms put __________ back into the soil.
What is minerals.
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True or False: Decaying organisms put minerals back into the soil in order to help create the next generation of organisms.
What is TRUE.
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First team with correct answer wins points. Give one example of a food chain on textbook page 88-89.
What is..answers may vary.
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What is the MAIN energy source on Earth?
What is ... Sunlight.
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A decomposer is an organism, like an ______ ,that eats the remains of an animal.
What is an insect. (Could also be fungi and/or bacteria.)
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Why are fungi and bacteria important to energy transfer in an ecosystem? Because they are _________ and they ...
What is: They are decomposers that return minerals and nutrients to an ecosystem.
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A freshwater snail in a swamp food chain eats ______ and is eaten by _____ _______.
What is algae/ blue herons.
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First group to answer correctly wins all points: Which animal from the food web (on textbook pages 88-89) is prey to the greatest number of predators?
What is...the Gambel's quail. This animal is prey to the coyote, roadrunner, western diamondback rattlesnake, and mountain lion.
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Two parts to get your money's worth: Explain the main difference between a producer and consumer. Explain the main difference between a carnivore, herbivore, and omnivore.
What is ...answers may vary.
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