Which biome do we live in? It has trees that lose their leaves each autumn.
Deciduous Forest
100
Where does the energy come from in a food chain?
The Sun
100
What type of animal eats only meat or other animals?
Carnivores
100
What kind of relationship describes when an organism lives off of another organism and does not help or harm it?
Commensalism
100
What are 2 types of grasslands?
Savannas and Prairies
200
Which biome is known as a frozen desert?
Tundra
200
What are plants called in a food chain?
Producers
200
Which type of animal only eats plants or producers?
Herbivores
200
What type of relationship allows one organism to live off of another organism, while harming that organism (like a tick or flea living on a dog)?
Parasitism
200
Which biome has the most fertile soil, due to the leaves that fall and decompose into the soil each year?
Deciduous Forest
300
Which biome is extremely dry, with hot days and cold nights? It usually has rocky or sandy soil.
Desert
300
Sun --> Grass --> Grasshopper --> Frog --> Cat
In this food chain, which animal is the primary consumer?
The Grasshopper
300
Which type of animal eats both producers and consumers?
Omnivores
300
What type of relationship is where 2 animals live off of one another and both animals benefit from the relationship? (Like the sea anemone and the clown fish.)
Symbiosis or Mutualism
300
Which biome has a layer of permafrost (permanently frozen soil) underneath the layer of topsoil?
Tundra
400
Which biome averages 80 inches of rain each year, and is very hot and humid?
Rainforest
400
Sun --> Tree --> Giraffe --> Lion --> Bacteria
In this food chain, which organism is the secondary consumer?
The Lion
400
What is an animal called that hunts other animals for food?
A predator
400
A type of relationship between 2 kinds of organsims that lasts over time is called what?
symbiosis
400
An energy pyramid shows how energy is ___?____ as it passes from one organism to another in a food chain.
Lost
500
Which biome has cold winters and cool summers, and is usually covered with evergreen trees?
Taiga
500
Sun --> Oats --> Mouse --> Cat --> Wolf --> Bacteria
In this food chain, which organism is the decomposer?
Bacteria
500
What is an animal called that gets hunted by a larger animal for food?
A prey
500
Give one example of Commensalism.
Answers may vary --
orchid living on a tree to get sunlight
remora attaching to a sea turtle to eat it's scraps
500
Which biome does not have very fertile soil due to the fact that very little sunlight reaches the ground to allow plants to grow there?