Food Chains and Food Webs
Food Chains and Food Webs
Types of Ecosystems
Types of Ecosystems
Adaptations
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How are organisms connected in an ecosystem? How could you show this? HINT: We drew a picture of one of this!
Organisms depend of each other for food. You could show this in food chains and food webs.
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What is a habitat?
A habitat is a home that organisms live in.
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What are some ways land ecosystems are different?
They differ by their climate, soil, and living things.
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What is climate?
Climate is the pattern of weather in a place over a long time.
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What is an adaptation?
An adaptation is a structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment.
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What is a consumer?
A consumer is an organism that eats other organisms.
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What is a food chain?
A food chain shows how energy passes from one organism to another in an ecosystem.
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What is a wetland?
A wetland is an ecosystem in which water covers the soil for most of the year.
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What is soil?
Soil is made of bits of rock and humus.
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What does nocturnal mean?
Nocturnal means to be active at night.
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What is a decomposer?
A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material.
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What are 3 examples of an ecosystem?
Pond, swamp, ocean, field, wetland, forest, etc.
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How is a forest different than a desert?
A forest has more trees, plants, and rainfall. They are are both land ecosystems. Deserts are dry with limited plants and living things.
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What is the desert?
A desert is an ecosystem that has a dry climate.
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What is the definition of migrate? Why do some animals migrate?
Migrate means to move from one place to another. Some animals migrate to avoid cold weather.
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How does it help an animal to be part of more than one food chain?
It helps an animal to be part of more than one food chain because they can eat different foods. It is easier to find food if you have more options.
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What is a food web?
A food web is food chains that are connected.
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You have a plant and you need to choose an ecosystem for it. What do you need to know about the plant before you decide where it belongs?
You need to know how much water and sunlight it needs and whether it will grow better in warm or cool temperature.
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What is a forest?
A forest is an ecosystem that has many trees.
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When one living thing imitates another in color or shape that is called....
Mimicry
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How do both plants and animals depend on decomposers?
Decomposers recycle nutrients that help grow; animals may depend on these plants or upon animals that eat the plants.
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What is an ecosystem?
An ecosystem is living or nonliving things that interact in an environment.
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The soil in a tropical rain forest is poor because A. it is too sandy. B. it has no oxygen. C. it needs fertilizer D. plants use up all the nutrients.
D. plants use up all the nutrients
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What is an ocean?
An ocean is a large body of salt water.
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To go into a deep sleep is called....
hibernating
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