Ecosystems Components and Interactions
What does it mean that an animal is adapted to the environment?
Has characteristics that help them reproduce and survive in that environment
What are producers?
The living organisms that make their own food.
The species in plant kingdom are divided in two groups:
seed plants and seedless plants
The animal kingdom divides in two main groups:
vertebrates and invertebrates
What is the only kingdom where cells don't have a nucleus?
Monera
________ is everything that surrounds the living organism and affects its life.
environment
What are consumers and decomposers?
consumers: they eat other living organisms
decomposers: eat the remains of living organisms
What is an example of a seed plant?
angiosperms or gymnosperms
What does oviparous and viviparous mean?
oviparous: lay eggs
viviparous: give birth and breastfeed
Fungi kingdom is divided in three groups. Which ones are they?
yeasts, mold, mushrooms
Physical environment and living organisms
Give me an example of a producer and a consumer
a plant
a lion
Which type of seed plant produces flowers?
angiosperms
Give me an example of 1 invertebrate
worm, crab, jellyfish
To which kingdom does algae belong to?
protist
When organisms of the same species are interacting with each other they are called a ___________.
When different species are interacting with each other they are called a ___________-.
Population
Community
What are the two examples of marine ecosystems?
Open ocean ecosystem
coastal ecosystem
What are the two types of seedless plants?
ferns and moss
Give me a characteristic of a mammal
dog, cow, horse, human beings
To which kingdom does bacteria belong to?
monera
What are the 3 type of interactions between two living organisms?
harmful for both
beneficial for both
harmful for one and beneficial for the other
What are the 3 types of freshwater ecosystems?
lakes, ponds, rivers, wetlands
What is the difference between ferns and moss?
mosses don't have stem so they absorb the water and nutrients across their entire surface.
Give me an example of an amphibian
frog, lizards, salamanders
SURPRISE QUESTION!
What is a characteristic of the ecosystem taiga?
many plants and trees