Ecosystems
What are terrestrial ecosystems?
Ecosystems on land
What are aquatic ecosystems?
Ecosystems in water
What is the first level of a food chain and what do they do?
Producers, they make their own food
What do the arrows represent in a food chain and a food web?
Energy moving/flowing
What is the difference between abiotic and biotic?
Abiotic: Nonliving
Biotic: Living
What are the 2 types of aquatic ecosystems?
marine and freshwater
What are the 4 types of terrestrial ecosystems?
forests, deserts, grasslands, and tundras
What do primary consumers eat?
Producers
What are some living (biotic) parts of an ecosystem?
Plants
Animals
Where do plants get their energy?
Sunlight
What is a marine ecosytem?
Marine ecosystems are found in oceans and have lots of salt.
What is a freshwater ecosytem?
Freshwater ecosystems are found in rivers, lakes, and wetlands, which don’t have any salt.
What do secondary consumers eat?
Primary consumers
Where do producers get their energy?
Sunlight
Say "tertiary" correctly...
Ter-ti-ary
What is a grassland ecoystem?
Grasslands are areas with lots of grass and few trees.
What is a tundra ecosytem?
Tundra is a cold and treeless place with low-growing plants.
What do tertiary consumers eat?
Secondary consumers
What's the difference between a food web and a food chain?
A food chain shows a single, linear pathway of energy flow, while a food web is a complex, interconnected network of multiple food chains.
Soil
Light
Water
Air
Minerals
What is the difference between a forest and a desert?
Forests are places with lots of trees, plants, and animals.
Deserts are hot and dry places with few plants and animals.
What are 2 similaritites between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems?
They both include plants, animals, and microbes.
They both have organisms interacting with each other and their nonliving environment
Fish, Algae, Bear
Which is the producer, the primary consumer, and the secondary consumer?
Bear: Secondary Consumer
Fish: Primary Consumer
Algae: Producer
Explain what a decomposer does and why it's important.
Breaks down dead matter into nutrients for the soil in the ecosystem.
What process do plants use that involves sunlight and getting energy to create food?
Photosynthesis