Vocabulary
one of the gases in air that most living things need to survive
oxygen
the ability to cause change
energy
Give an example of the life process:
take in nutrients
various answers
-plant/animal eating/drinking
-it is near earth's equator
-quite warm all year long
-rains a lot
-animals include: jaguar, howler monkey, and sloths
rainforest ecosystem
What is a terrarium?
Why did we put in rocks? Charcoal?
a model ecosystem
rocks - for water to drain
charcoal - so that it doesn't get too moist or soggy
a living thing
organism
to make more organisms of their own kind
reproduce
Give an example of the life process:
grow and develop
various answers
-human growing from baby to adult
-plant growing from seed to plant
coral reef
What might happen if all of the trees in a rainforest ecosystem were cut down? Give two effects
-less oxygen
-loss of animal habitats
-loss of food for animals
-loss of shade for animals
an area of the earth where the temperature rarely gets very hot or very cold
temperate zone
the three levels of a rainforest
canopy
understory
floor
Give an example of the life process:
release energy
various answers
-people running/moving
-dry ecosystem
-daytime temperatures are very high
-very little rainfall
-soil has few nutrients
desert ecosystem
Give two similarities between freshwater and saltwater
-water
-on earth
-have organisms
-have animals
-have plants
all of the living and non-living things that interact in an area
ecosystem
everything that surrounds and affects an organism
environment
Give an example of the life process:
react to their surroundings
various answers
-leaves changing colors
-putting on a jacket when you are cold
-winters are extremely long, cold, and severe
-summers are short and cool
-most moisture comes from snow
taiga ecosystem
-saltwater has salt. Freshwater doesn't
-Saltwater has coral reefs and kelp
-Freshwater comes in the form of lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands
-Saltwater comes in the form of oceans
all of the members of one kind of plant or animal in a community
population
all of the organisms in an ecosystem
community
Give an example of the life process:
give off wastes
various answers
-breathing out carbon dioxide
-plants releasing oxygen
-wet, mild winters
-extremely hot, dry summers
-wildfires are very common here
chaparral ecosystem
What is the relationship between living and non-living things in an ecosystem?
living things need non-living things to meet their basic needs