Ecosystem and Biomes
This term refers to any place where living and non-living things interact.
What is an ecosystem?
A living thing in an ecosystem is called this type of factor.
What is a biotic factor?
A flock of seagulls is an example of this.
What is a population?
This process is the recycling of matter in nature.
What is a cycle?
This is the process plants use to make their own food.
What is photosynthesis?
A group of different populations that live and interact in the same area make up this.
What is a community?
Water, dirt, and air are all examples of this type of factor.
What are abiotic factors?
The term for a single living thing is this.
What is an organism?
All living things need this to survive, but they can only live 1-2 days without it.
What is water?
The chemical reaction that combines oxygen and sugar to make carbon dioxide, water, and energy is this.
What is cellular respiration?
This term describes a collection of similar ecosystems that are larger than a single ecosystem.
What is a biome?
The study of living things and their interactions with their environment is called this.
What is ecology?
A school of fish is an example of this term.
What is a population?
The three main parts of the water cycle are evaporation, condensation, and this.
What is precipitation?
What are the two products of photosynthesis?
What are sugar (food) and oxygen?
An example of this is a pond, while a forest is an example of a specific type of this.
What is an ecosystem and a biome?
A group of the same kind of living things that can reproduce successfully is a species and is a type of this factor.
What is a biotic factor?
A bullfrog is an example of this term.
What is a species?
This process is where plants release water vapor.
What is transpiration?
The word equation for cellular respiration includes these three products.
What are water, carbon dioxide, and energy?
Name all seven biomes.
Tropical rainforest, temperate forest, taiga (boreal forest), desert, tundra, grassland, savanna.
Classify a gopher as either a biotic or abiotic factor, and then connect it to two appropriate abiotic factors mentioned in the notes.
A gopher is a biotic factor. It is connected to the abiotic factors of a hole or dirt (shelter) and air (for breathing).
Provide an example of a community and explain why it is a community.
A coral reef is an example of a community because it contains different populations of organisms, such as fish, coral, and sea anemones, that live and interact in the same area.
Name two ways carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere during the carbon cycle.
Carbon dioxide is released by cellular respiration and combustion (or burning fossil fuels).
Explain the relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration, mentioning how they are linked through their reactants and products.
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are complementary processes. The reactants of one process are the products of the other. Photosynthesis uses carbon dioxide and water to produce sugar and oxygen. Cellular respiration uses sugar and oxygen to produce carbon dioxide, water, and energy.