Tropical Rainforest
Parts of an Ecosystem
Where living things get energy
Energy moves through the ecosystem
natural cycles of ecosystems
100
These animals spend most of their time up in the trees of a tropical rainforest
What are howler monkeys
100
The two main parts that make up parts of an ecosystem
What are living and nonliving things
100
the process by which plants use sunlight to make sugar from water and carbon dioxide
What is photosynthesis
100
a diagram that compares the amount of energy available at each position, or level, in the feeding order
What is an energy pyramid
100
consumers release _____________
What is oxygen
200
These living things live on the ground of the tropical rainforest
What are poison arrow frogs
200
the role of a species in an ecosystem
What is a niche?
200
plants produce ________________ when they carry out photosynthesis.
What is oxygen
200
food chain begins with _______________
What is a producer
200
_______________ is a product of photosynthesis
What is sugar or oxygen
300
This is poor in most tropical rain forests
What is soil
300
all of the members of one species that live in the same area
What is population
300
________________ uses up what scavengers leave behind
what is a decomposer
300
shows how all the different food chains in a community are linked together
What is a food web
300
______________ is a product of respiration.
What is carbon dioxide, water, or energy
400
The reason why tropical rain forests carry out more photosynthesis than any other ecosystem.
What is warm temperatures, plenty of water, and sunlight.
400
In an ocean ecosystem, whales and dolphins are part of the same ______________.
What is community
400
herbivores
What is a consumer that eats only plants
400
The difference between a food chain and food web
What is food web shows that one organism might be food for several different organisms.
400
water cycles through the nonliving parts of the ecosystem by __________________
What is evaporation occurs from land and oceans
500
niche of a jaguar
What is hunts, fishes, and eats birds, sloths, monkeys, and fish
500
______________ is why it is possible for many different species to live together in one ecosystem
What is every species has its own niche and uses the ecosystem's resources in a slightly different way.
500
decomposer
What is an organism that helps to break down and decay dead organisms and the wastes of living organisms
500
the amount of available energy decreases as move up the energy pyramid (because)...
What is each organism uses some energy for its life processes, most of which is lost as heat
500
how water vapor forms
What is water evaporates from land and bodies of water.
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