A place where living and nonliving things work together.
100
What causes a flood?
Too much rain causes a flood.
100
What is a population?
A group of one kind of animal.
100
What does terrestrial mean?
Habitats that are on land.
100
Why does a desert plant have roots that are close to the ground?
To help it get rainwater more easily.
200
What is the difference between an aquatic and a terrestrial ecosystem?
Aquatic -- water-related habitats
Terrestrial -- dry land habitat
200
How would a fire affect a forest?
The trees would burn down and the animals would get sick from the smoke.
200
Different flowers in a forest. Is this an example of a community or a population?
Community
200
What is a community?
A group of all the different plants and animals that live in the same ecosystem.
200
What would cause a forest habitat to become a desert?
a. no rain
b. flooded rivers
c. high winds
d. hot summers
a.
300
Which aquatic ecosystem has salt water and might have sharks, jellyfish, and dolphins?
Ocean
300
What is erosion?
When soil is blown or washed away.
300
Give an example of a grassland community.
Zebras, lions, hyenas, giraffes.
300
What does it mean to conserve resources? Give two examples of conserving resources.
Conserve means to take care of our resources. Examples: picking up trash, fixing leaky sinks, recycling, etc.
300
How do animals in the desert share limited resources.
Many desert animals live in and get water from a cactus.
400
What is the difference between a marshland and a swamp?
A marshland is deeper and has mostly grass. A swamp is more shallow and has mostly trees.
400
What would happen to a group of animals who get a disease? Name one cause of a disease.
The animals get sick. A flood and a fire can both be causes of a disease.
400
Which of the following is a pond community?
a. sharks, dolphins, jellyfish
b. frogs, lily pads, fish
c. frogs, toucans, tigers
d. fish, alligators, egrets
B.
400
What does aquatic mean? List all 6 aqatic habitats.
Water-related: pond, stream, marshland, river, ocean, swamp.
400
Which type of animal would most likely make a hole in a cactus to find water?
a. a snake
b. a scorpion
c. a bird
d. a rabbit
c.
500
Compare and contrast a forest and a rain forest.
Compare -- they both are terrestrial. They both have trees.
Contrast -- Rain forests has more vines and brightly colored birds like parrots and toucans and tigers. Forests have oak, maple, and pine trees as well as different birds, bears, and deer.
500
Compare and contrast erosion and a flood. Which do you think is worse for an ecosystem?
Compare -- they both hurt the plants and animals of an ecosystem. They both occur naturally.
Contrast -- erosion is soil being blown or washed away. A flood is too much rainfall in an area.
Either answer could be right.
500
If a hawk eats a bird and a bird eats a worm and the worm gets a disease, what would happen to that forest community?
The bird and the hawk would also die.
500
Name a community you would find in a river.
bass, trout, trees, grass, beavers, raccoons
500
How can people prevent erosion? Why is it important to prevent erosion?
We can prevent erosion by planting grass and trees in areas where there is no soil. It's important to prevent erosion because without soil plants won't grow and if plants won't grow people and animals won't have food.