Biotic/Abiotic
Any living thing
What is biotic
What is the smallest level of organization on our hierarchy of life? (triangle!)
What is an organism
What makes one biome different from another biome?
What is the weather, temperature, types of plants, and types of animals
What is a food chain?
A linear flow of energy from one organism to the next
Which is abiotic? A squirrel, two raccoons, a snake, a rock, a palm tree
What is a rock
Describe a population
What is all of one kind of a species that lives in an ecosystem
What biome would be described as HOT and DRY!
What is the desert
Where does all energy on earth come from?
The sun
Which of the following is an example of a biotic factor: a feather, water, a beetle, rocks, a waterfall
What is a beetle
Describe what would make up the community of a forest
What is trees, bears, squirrels, etc. (all biotic, multiple species)!
Which biome do we live in?
Grasslands
A food chain is a linear flow of energy (only a few organisms). A food web is a bunch of food chains connected (more realistic)
Three of the signs of life of living things
What are moving, growing and changing, responding, needing food, and getting rid of waste.
Describe the difference between an ecosystem and a community
What an ecosystem- the living plants and nonliving things interacting.
A community is all the living things (plants and animals) in an ecosystem ONLY
How is the tundra biome different from the desert biome?
What is the tundra is dry and mostly cold. The desert biome is dry and mostly hot.
Draw a simple food web on the board!
Answers will vary, Mrs. Mainil will judge!
Describe an interaction between a biotic and an abiotic factor in an ecosystem.
Answers will vary! Mrs. Mainil will judge!
Describe an ecosystem
What is an area of land and all the living and nonliving things that interact within it.
What are the main biomes in Canada?
Taiga, Tundra, Grasslands, Deciduous Forest
What is the difference between a producer, consumer and decomposer? Give an example of each.
producer makes its own food using sunlight, consumers eat other living organisms for energy, decomposers break down dead decaying material to return nutrients to the soil. Examples will vary.