Aquatic Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes
Food Chains & Webs
Vocabulary #1
Vocabulary #2
100
A biome that contains salt water, and covers 70% of the plant with one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world.
What is the marine/ocean biome?
100
A biome with less than 10 inches of rainfall per year. It has extreme temperatures; hot during the day and cold at night.
What is a desert biome?
100
This would happen if insects were removed from the food web.
What is Water bird population would decrease?
What is small plants population would increase?
100
The living parts of an ecosystem
What are biotic factors?
100
All the individuals of the same kind, living in the same environment.
What is a population?
200
A biome that contains little to no salt. Ex. Pond, lake, or creek.
What is a freshwater biome?
200
A biome where freshwater and salt water mix, AKA the nursery of the aquatic biomes.
What is an estuary biome?
What is a salt marsh biome?
200
What animals are predators of the rat?
What is an eagle?
What is a snake?
What is a wolf?
200
The non-living parts of an ecosystem
What are abiotic factors?
200
An organism that makes its own food. Ex. Grass, trees, flowers, algae, etc.
What is a producer?
300
An underwater ecosystem made up of coral polyps, which are tiny animals that live in groups and stick to a hard surface.
What is a coral reef biome?
300
A biome with lots of rainfall, sunlight, high temperatures, and trees.
What is the rainforest biome?
300
Which organism(s) in this food chain are considered CONSUMERS?
What is a grasshopper?
What is a frog?
What is a snake?
What is a hawk?
300
Where fresh and saltwater merge - a diverse group of organisms exist here
What is an estuary or salt marsh?
300
Animals depending on one another to survive.
What is symbiosis?
400
A biome where water covers or saturates the soil for some or all of the year, and where the water can be fresh, salt, or somewhere in between.
What is a wetland biome?
400
A biome whose main plants are grasses. A large, open area of land with very few trees. AKA a prairie.
What is a grassland biome?
What is a savannah biome?
400
Who is the PRIMARY CONSUMER in this food pyramid?
What is a grasshopper?
400
A large area on Earth with a specific climate and type of living things
What is a biome?
400
An organism that breaks down the remains of dead animals or plants.
What is a decomposer?
500
A biome that is characterized by flowing fresh water. We have a very famous one near us!
What is a river biome?
What is the Cape Fear River?
500
A biome with mountainside forests and tall, narrow trees that grow close together. It has thick bark and pine needles. AKA a coniferous forest.
What is a taiga biome?
500
What is the percentage of energy/nutrients passed from one level to the next? 
What is 10 percent?
What is 90% lost?
500
A job or role that an organism plays in an ecosystem.
What is a niche?
500
A living thing that can't make its own food, so it has to eat other plants or animals to get the energy it needs to survive.
What is a consumer?