Definitions
What is an ecosystem?
Living and nonliving things interacting with each other in a given area.
Species is? Give an example.
One of a kind. One cow, elephant, etc.
Producers are? Give an example.
Living things that are able to create their own food and nutrients. Plants and seaweed.
How can humans affect or damage an ecosystem?
Pollution, endangered species and deforestation.
Types of ecosystems and size.
Ecosystem could be terrestial and aquatic and they coul be big or small.
Population is? Give an example.
All the species from a specific place. A group of elephants.
Consumers are? Give an example.
Living things that eat other living thngs. Lion, rabbit, etc.
What is pollution? Defintion and things humans can contaminate.
Accumulation of garbage and harmful substances.
We can contaminate or pollute the:
AIR
WATER
SOIL
Can the environment be modified by the living things? Give an example.
Yes, the beaver buils dams that stop the normal course of a river.
Community is? Give an example.
Different populations of the same place. The group of elephants and the giraffes from the same palce.
Decomposers are? Give an example.
Living thing that changes the organic matter into soil. Fungi and bacterias.
What is deforestation? Definition, causes and consequence.
Definition lost of forests.
Caused by human activity, forest fires and intense cutting trees.
Consequence desertification.
What is the difference between habitat and ecosystem?
Ecosystem are the living and nonliving things interacting with each other in a given area and the habitat are the non living things and the place of the ecosystem.
Habitat is? Give an example.
The non living things and the place of the ecosystem. The rocks, water and sand from the ocean.
Types of consumers? What do each one of them eat?
Primary consumers eat producers.
Secondary consumers eat primary consumers.
Tertiary consumers eat secondary consumers.
Scavengers eat dead animals.
What is endangered species? Definition and causes.
Definition living things at risk of disappearing from the planet.
Causes, Pesticides, Indiscriminate Hunting and Introduction of new species.
What does the arrows shows in a food chain?
The arrows show how the energy is transfered form one living thing to the other.
Give and example of an ecosystem indicating the different components.
Sabana
All consumers are omnivores? Yes, no and why.
No, because, the primary consumers only eat plants and to be onmivores you have to eat meat too.
Give a real example of pollution, endangered species or deforestation and how can we prevent it.
Amazonas, pudú, smog en santiago, etc.