Ecosystem Vocabulary
Ecosystem Facts
Ecosystem Research
Questions
Literature Terms
Take a Risk
100

A living organism that eats other living organisms for energy and nutrients. 

What is a consumer. 

100

This area receives less than10 inches of rain a year. 

What are deserts. 

100

Describe the food web found in a ecosystem.

What is research question five.

100

A villain in a story.

What is antagonist. 

100

What is Mrs. Bauerles dog's name?

Milo 

200

A living organism that makes their own food. 

What is a producer. 

200

This ecosystem covers 70 percent of the worlds surface. 

What are oceans. 

200

Who are the consumers in the ecosystem? How do they obtain to survive and reproduce? 

What is research question three. 

200

The moral or lesson of the story. 

What is theme.

200

Mrs. Bauerle has a daughter. What is her name? Bonus points given if you can list her full name

Hazel Junell Bauerle 

300

Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms

What is a decomposers. 

300

Temperatures can get as low as -70 C.

What is the arctic. 

300

Who are the decomposers in the ecosystem? What do they obtain from the ecosystem and what do they give back? 

What is research question four.

300

What the text is mainly about.

What is main idea.

300

What is Mrs. Bauerles middle name?

She doesn't have one 

400

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

What is an ecosystem. 

400

This areas vegetation is dominated by grasses although sedge and rush can also be found in the area. 

What are grasslands. 

400

Who are the producers in the ecosystem? How do they obtain what they need to survive and reproduce?

What is research question two.

400

Important/central message about the topic. Supports the main idea. 

What is key details.

400

How many siblings does Mrs. Bauerle have? How many brothers or sisters?

Two brothers and 1 sister 

500

A change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.

What is adaptation. 

500

This ecosystem is home to more than half of the worlds terrestrial animals.

What are rainforest. 

500

Construct an energy pyramid describing how energy transfers from the sun to the apex predator in this ecosystem. 

What is research question six.

500

Figurative language that compares two things without using like or as. 

What is a metaphor

500

What year did Mrs. Bauerle graduate from CCS?

2017 

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