Ecosystems
Earths Spheres
Levels of Organization
Food Chains and Food Webs
Producers and Consumers
100
What are the two parts that make up an ecosystem?
Biotic and Abiotic factors
100
Which sphere contains all Earth's water?
Hydrosphere
100
What is one individual living thing called?
Organism
100
Where does most energy in a food chain come from?
Sun
100
What is a producer?
An organism that makes its own food
200
What does the word BIOTIC mean?
Living
200
Which sphere contains all living things?
Biosphere
200
What is a group of the same species living in one area called?
Population
200
What is a food chain?
A model showing the transfer of energy from one organism to another.
200
What type of diet does this animal have?
Herbivore
300
What does the word ABIOTIC mean?
Non-living
300
Which sphere is made up of the air around Earth?
Atmosphere
300
What is a community?
All the populations living together in an area
300
What is a food web?
A group of connected food chains
300
What is a consumer?
An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms
400
Give 2 examples of abiotic factors.
Water, sunlight, soil, air, temperature, rocks (any two)
400
Which sphere includes rocks and soil?
Lithosphere or Geosphere
400
Place these in order from smallest to largest:Population, Ecosystem, Organism, Community
Organism --> Population --> community --> ecosystem
400
Which is more realistic: a food chain or food web?
food web
400
Is a tree a producer or consumer?
Producer
500
What is an ecosystem?
Living and Non-living things interacting in an area
500
A fish lives in a lake. Name three spheres involved.
Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere
(Atmosphere can also be accepted with explanation)
500
A herd of deer living in a forest is an example of a ......
Population
500
Why are Food webs more realistic than food chains?
organisms usually eat more than one type of food and have multiple energy sources
500
A fox eats mice. Is the fox a producer or consumer?
Consumer