Habitats, Ecosystems, Food Chains
consumer or producer
Consumer
What ecosystem has the highest biodiversity of any land habitat?
Rainforests
year round covering of ice and snow
ice cap
An apex predator is at the bottom of its food chain with no known enemies.
F; top
Grass is an example of a ___________
consumer or producer
producer
The very bottom layer of the forest is called the ___________
forest floor
land covered with water for part of the year
wetland
T
Describes weather conditions in an area over time
climate
The ______ layer of a forest acts like an umbrella, keeping a lot of sunlight from reaching the floor of the forest.
canopy
single-celled algae
phytoplankton
A fly is an example of a producer.
F; decomposer
The special job of an organism in its environment
niche
Trees stop growing at a certain point. The altitude of this point is called the ____________
tree line
Name the 4 ocean zones from shallowest to deepest
sunlight zone, twilight zone, midnight zone, abyss
Browsers are scavengers of grassland habitats.
F; herbivores
List 3 nonliving parts of an ecosystem
sunlight, soil, water
The African savanna is considered a __________ grassland
tropical
Name the 3 points of the ocean floor from shallowest to deepest
continental shelf, abyssal plain, trench
An oasis is a fertile place in the desert where there is water.
T