Aquatic Biomes
Which biome is aquatic?
Tropical Rainforest
Estuary
Grasslands
Estuary
When there is a group of multiple of the same kind of organism living together in one area
Population
What is the main source of energy in an ecosystem?
the sun
In what biome can you find stinging nettle and bison?
Prairie
If all of the sunlight on Earth disappeared, who would be affected first?
Herbivores
Producers
Consumers
Producers
Which organism would most likely be found in a freshwater biome?
Bass Fish
Dolphin
Coral
Bass Fish
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
When populations of organisms live and interact with each other in one area. Example: lions living with grasses and hyenas.
community
What does a food chain show?
The transfer of energy within an ecosystem
In what biome can you find toucans, panthers, and capybaras?
Tropical Rainforest
Which organism would depend on a pile of dead leaves to gain energy?
Producer
Consumer
Decomposer
Decomposer
These are areas located near estuaries that are flooded with water that come in from the ocean tides. It can get really muddy here and you'll find blue heron, crabs, and many reptiles.
saltwater marsh
Ecosystems are made up of what two kinds of factors?
Biotic and abiotic
Link to Desert Biome Food Web picture: https://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Food-Web
In this Desert food web, the rabbit is a consumer. How do you know?
It has to eat another organism in order to gain energy.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
Name the 5 terrestrial biomes we learned in class. (2 of the answers are just different types of one of the biomes)
Tropical Rainforest, Temperate Deciduous Forest, Grasslands (Prairie and Savanna)
What kind of organism would be negatively affected if the number of herbivores increases in a food chain?
Producer
Consumer
Decomposer
A producer
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Why is there more plant life towards the top surface of the ocean than at the bottom of the ocean?
There is more sunlight at the top of the ocean than at the bottom of the ocean.
Which is an example of an interdependent relationship between living and nonliving things?
A barnacle living on a whale
A tick living off of a deer
A bear living in a cave
A bear living in a cave
Link to Desert Biome Food Web picture: https://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Food-Web
In this Desert food web, the bacteria gains energy from mostly all of the organisms. What is it's role: consumer, decomposer, or producer?
It is a decomposer that consumes the dead organisms and brings nutrients back to the soil
Deciduous Forest
herbivore - eats plants
carnivore - eats meat
omnivore - eats plants and meat
Name the 4 aquatic biomes we learned in class
Saltwater marsh, estuary, marine, and freshwater
Mr. Richter collected pond water in a water bottle. If you look at the water under a microscope, there are tiny unicellular organisms living in the water that you can not see with your naked eye. Is this an ecosystem?
Yes, because the biotic factor (the unicellular organism) and the abiotic factor (water) are interdependent.
Link to Desert Biome Food Web picture: https://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Food-Web
In this Desert food web, name an example of a consumer eating another consumer.
You got it!
A Lelwel Hartebeest is an antelope native to Ethiopia. They live in a terrestrial biome. In which biome would you find a lelwel hartebeest?
Estuary
Salt marsh
Savanna
Savanna
link to food web picture: https://k8schoollessons.com/food-chains-food-webs/
What organism would be most impacted if the number of dragonflies decreased?
Butterfly, Eagle or Corn
Butterfly