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Where is an aquatic ecosystem located?
In the water
The area where living and nonliving things interact
a. population
b. community
c. ecosystem
d. organism
c. ecosystem
different populations of species that live in the same place at the same time
a. population
b. community
c. organism
d. ecosystem
c. community
All ecosystems get their energy from the ____________ (starting place)
Sun
Give an example of an aquatic ecosystem
A coral reef
This shows how the sun's energy moves in an ecosystem from organism to organism
*Uses energy to show how the energy is passed from sun to producers to consumers to decomposers --> back to earth
Food chain
A plant that uses energy from the sun to produce its own food
Producer
Give an example of a terrestrial ecosystem
Desert, tundra, taiga, etc.
All the organisms of the same species that live in the same place at the same time
a. population
b. community
c. organism
d. ecosystem
a. population
The place where an organism lives
habitat
Decomposer
A _________________ shows how many different food chains in one ecosystem overlap
A. food chain
b. food web
b. food web
Each organism has its own __________ or role that it performs in the food web
a. consume
b. niche
c. habitat
d. energy
b. niche
An animal that gets its energy by eating plants and other animals
Consumer
A habitat needs
1. ___________
2. ___________
3. ___________
4. ___________
5. ____________
Food, water, shelter, space, air
What does a carnivore eat?
Meat
What two types of water make up aquatic ecosytems?
Saltwater & Freshwater
List the 6 terrestrial ecosystems. What does terrestrial mean
Tundra, desert, rainforest, taiga, temperate forest, grasslands. Land-based!
What does an omnivore eat?
Plants and animals
List three nonliving components of the tundra ecosystem
List three nonliving components of a rainforest ecosystem
logs, dirt, rain
What does an herbivore eat?
Plants
Name and explain a natural event that can negatively impact an ecosystem
A tornado, hurricane, tsunami, etc.
Explain a way a human can negatively impact an ecosystem
Destruction of trees, pollution, etc.
Explain how one organism can impact another in an ecosystem
Beavers - creating dams --> less food for predators, mating place for fish