Terrestrial Ecosystems
What is the coldest ecosystem?
Tundra
What type of aquatic ecosystem are rivers, lakes and ponds?
Freshwater
What are the 5 types of symbiotic relationships and competitive relationships?
mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, competition and predation.
What are the three types of symbiotic relationships?
Mutualism, commensalism and parasitism.
Flat area with grass and few trees. You can see buffaloes, coyotes and foxes.
Grasslands
What type of aquatic ecosystem are oceans and seas?
Saltwater
Describe competitive relationships.
When organisms compete with each other to survive.
What are the two types of competitive relationships?
Competition and predation
Describe the Rainforest
Hot and humid climate
Abundant rain
Trees, shrubs, iguanas, monkeys and toucans.
What animals can be found in oceans and seas?
Whales, sharks, octopuses and dolphins.
What type of relationship do organisms depend on each other to survive?
Symbiotic
What type of relationship is this?
A flea bites a dog to feed on it’s blood. The flea benefits but harms the dog.
Parasitism, symbiotic relationship
Name all 6 terrestrial ecosystems.
Grasslands, deciduous forest, rainforest, tundra, Mediterranean forests, deserts
Which ecosystem is home to turtles, otters and salmon?
Rivers
What are the two types of relationships/interactions that living things have with each other?
Symbiotic Relationship and Competitive Relationship
What type of symbiotic relationship benefits each organism? For example, the relationship of bees and flowers.
Mutualism
What are terrestrial ecosystems
Ecosystems situated on land and surrounded by air
What are aquatic ecosystems?
Ecosystems situated in water.
Give an example of a competitive relationship. (English or Spanish)
When some animals share the same territory and compete for food.
Give an example of commensalism (English or spanish)
Various. Example: spiders building webs on plants. The spider benefits and the plant is unaffected.