Ecosystems and Nonliving Things
Different Ecosystems
Communities and Populations
The Right Ecosystem
Vocabulary
100
Name 3 nonliving things in an ecosystem
water, air, sunlight, shade, soil
100
True or False: All ecosystems are made up of the same living and nonliving things?
False. Ecosystems have different living and nonliving things based on where they exist.
100
True or False:All of the beavers in the forest create a population.
True. A population is all the members of one type of plant or animal.
100
Marvin the Monkey wants to live in an ecosystem that exists only of water. Would he survive there? Why or why not?
No he wouldn't survive because he would not be able to adapt to an underwater ecosystem. Monkeys can't survive underwater.
100
All of the living and nonliving things that interact in an area is a(n)
Ecosystem
200
True or False: Animals and plants both depend on sunlight
True. Plants need sunlight to grow and animals need sunlight for warmth.
200
Name 3 things you would see in a Polar Ecosystem.
Ice, cold water, cold air, penguins, polar bears, fish, ocean water
200
Jim walked through the woods and saw a frog, a bear, a fox, and a bush. Did he see a community or a population of living things?
A community.
200
When a living thing adjusts to its environment, it is call a(n)
Adaptation
200
All of the living things that make up an ecosystem is a(n)
Community
300
Soil is made up of what?
Rocks, minerals, and organic matter
300
An ecosystem that has a lot of rain, tall trees, and tropical birds is called a:
Rainforest
300
True or False: Living things and Nonliving things interact with one another.
True.
300
How are animals and plants able to survive in the hot desert?
They adapt to having little water and living in heat. They find shade where ever they can, or are only active at night time.
300
Everything that surrounds and affects a living thing is a(n)
Environment
400
Classify into two groups: air, birds, water, sunlight, trees, bears.
Living things: birds, trees, bears Nonliving things: air, water, sunlight
400
Name two ecosystems that have warm weather.
Dessert, Savanna, Grassland, Rainforest
400
Name a population you would find in an ocean ecosystem.
Fish, sharks, coral reef, whales, starfish, sea horses, etc.
400
Areas of the earth where temperatures rarely get too hot or too cold are called: a. deserts b. temperate zones c. prairies d. terrariums
b. Temperate zones
400
All of the members of one kind of plant or animal in a community is a(n)
Population
500
Where do ecosystems get their light from?
The sun
500
Name 3 different ecosystems
Rainforest, Desert, Polar, Tundra, Temperate Forest, Savanna, Grassland, Deciduous Forest
500
A living thing will survive only in an environment that...
meets its needs.
500
In a Prairie ecosystem, there are few trees. Summers are hot and winters are cold. Many animals on the prairie dig homes underground. Why would they do that?
To stay cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
500
The remains of plants and animals that help living things grow is
Organic Matter
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