Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Chapter 3
100
Can an ecosystem be large, small, or both?
What is both?
100
Which organism is left out of most food chains?
What are decomposers?
100
What are some abiotic factors in an ecosystem?
What are rocks, soil, water, desks, doors, or pencils?
100
What are some biotic factors in an ecosystem?
What are plants, animals, and decomposers?
100
What do all of the populations in an ecosystem make up?
What is a community?
200
What are organisms that can't make their own food?
What are producers?
200
What is all the different members of a species that live in an ecosystem?
What is a population?
200
The abiotic and biotic factors of an environment make up a or an?
What is an ecosystem?
200
What occurs between living and nonliving things in an ecosystem?
What is interaction between abiotic and biotic factors?
200
What is the main producer in lakes and oceans?
What is algae?
300
What classification of consumer are most humans?
What is omnivore?
300
What does every organism in an ecosystem rely upon?
What is abiotic factors, such as sunlight?
300
How do we classify consumers?
What is by the food they eat?
300
What are organisms that break down dead and decaying matter into wastes and simpler substances?
What are decomposers?
300
What are organisms that make their own food using the energy in sunlight?
What are producers?
400
Why do scientists study population of communities in ecosystems?
What is to see if they are healthy and in balance?
400
What provides all of the energy in an ecosystem?
What is sunlight?
400
What is the struggle between organisms for food, water, and other needs?
What is competition?
400
What is the world's largest desert?
What is the Sahara Desert?
400
In a deciduous forest is the soil rich or poor in nutrients?
What is rich in nutrients?
500
When energy passes from one organism to another this is called?
What is a food chain?
500
What is the largest biome in the world?
What is the taiga?
500
What is an example of a water food chain?
What are an algae to mayfly, mayfly to sunfish, sunfish to blue heron?
500
What are three groups of consumers and what do they eat?
What are herbivores (eating plants only), carnivores (eating only consumers), and omnivores (eating both producers and other consumers)?
500
What are three levels of the tropical rain forest?
What are the floor, understory, and canopy?
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