Food Chain/Web
Biomes
Vocabulary
Population Growth
100
A group of food chains in an ecosystem that are connected.
Food Web
100
This is the biome we live in! It has many trees that change color in the fall and moderate temperatures and rainfall.
Deciduous Forest
100
A really large ecosystem that has the same climate, terrain and plants and animals throughout.
Biome
100
Which of these is not a limiting factor:
loss of habitat
disease and parasites
increase in food resources
increase in food resources
200
Name 1 example of a decomposer.
Bacteria, fungi, or worms
200
Cacti, jackrabbits and many reptiles would be found in this hot, dry biome.
desert
200
Organisms that produce oxygen and their own food.
Producers
200
Which organisms population would most likely benefit if the number of owls decreased?
Mouse
300
What are organisms that must eat algae, plants or other animals to survive?
Consumers
300
This biome is found in Alaska. It has very cold winters, mild summers and lots of evergreen trees.
Coniferous Forest
300
Living things in an organism are called __________ factors and non-living organisms are called ________ factors.
biotic, abiotic
300
List 3 limiting factors
Competitors, disease and parasites, weather, fires, available habitat, or predators
400
Which organism in this food chain is a producer?
grass
400
This type of water is a mix of freshwater and saltwater and is found in an estuary.
brackish water
400
A group of living things that form a chain in which the first living thing is eaten by the second, the second is eaten by the third, and so on.
Food Chain
400
Which population would most likely benefit if the grasshopper population increased?
Shrew
500
What 3 things does the python eat?
wolf, frog, rat
500
This biome has moderate temperatures, but little rainfall. Few trees grow here and the flat land here is usually used for farming!
Grassland
500
This is a biotic or abiotic factor that helps control the growth of a population in an ecosystem.
Limiting Factor
500
If the shrew population increased, then the grasshopper population would ________ and the owl population would _________.
decrease, increase