Terrestrial Ecosystems
Flat area with grass and few trees. You can see buffaloes, coyotes and foxes.
Grasslands
Name 4 aquatic ecosystems in Spain.
Various. Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Guadalquivir river, Ebro river, Tajo River, Segura River etc.
what are the 5 types of symbiotic relationships and competitive relationships?
mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, competition and predation.
Give an example of commensalism (English or spanish)
Various. Example: spiders building webs on plants. The spider benefits and the plant is unaffected.
What are the three human actions that damage ecosystems?
Deforestation, overexploitation and pollution
what is a terrestrial ecosystem?
ecosystems situated on land and surrounded by air.
What are aquatic ecosystems?
Ecosystems situated in water.
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
Toxic waste and by-products from human activities that contaminate the environment.
Pollution
Name all 6 terrestrial ecosystems.
Grasslands, deciduous forest, rainforest, tundra, Mediterranean forests, deserts
What type of aquatic ecosystem are rivers, lakes and ponds?
what type of aquatic ecosystem are oceans and seas?
rivers, lakes and pond: freshwater ecosystem
oceans and seas: saltwater ecosystems
What type of relationship do organisms depend on each other to survive?
Symbiotic
this type of competitive relationship happens when two or more organisms need the same resource.
Competition
When we use up more natural resources than are replaced.
Overexploitation
describe rainforests (climate, animals, plants)
Various. Hot, humid with lots of rain. Trees, shrubs, iguanas, monkeys and toucans.
Bodies of flowing water. They are home to plants, algae, turtles, otters and salmon.
Rivers
Describe competitive relationships.
When organisms compete with each other to survive.
What are the three types of symbiotic relationships?
Mutualism, commensalism and parasitism.
What happens to species/organisms as a result of pollution, deforestation and overexploitation?
They go extinct.
What is the coldest ecosystem?
Tundra
Describe the plants and animals of two aquatic ecosystems.
Various
Give an example of a competitive relationship. (English or Spanish)
When some animals share the same territory and compete for food.
Parasitism, symbiotic relationship
Give an example of deforestation, overexploitation and pollution.
Trees are cut down to build houses, we use too much water, we don’t recycle, etc.