Ecosystems
Types of Ecosystems
Producers
Photosynthesis
100

Name two living things we might find in an ecosystem.

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Fish

Dogs

People


100

A polar bear is found in this ecosystem.

Temperate Grassland

Polar Ocean

Tropical Rainforest

Ocean Reef

Polar Ocean

100

Define what a producer is.

An organism that makes its own food.

100

These three things are needed for plants to undergo photosynthesis.

Carbon Dioxide, Water, Light Source.

200

This type of scientist studies ecosystems

Ecologists

200

An octopus would be found in this ecosystem.

Urban

Ocean Reef

Temperate Forest

Hot Desert

Ocean Reef

200
Name two examples of producers.

Answer may vary.

Flowers

Trees

Grass

200

During photosynthesis, plants make this food for themselves.

Sugar

300

Name two nonliving things in an ecosystem

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Water

Air 

Sunlight

Soil

Rocks

Sand

300

A moose would most likely be found in this ecosystem.

Tropical Rainforest

Temperate Forest

Polar Ocean

Ocean Reef

Temperate Forest

300

During photosynthesis, plants produce this type of gas.

Oxygen

400
Define what an ecosystem is.

The living and nonliving things that interact in an area.

400

An alligator would most likely be found in this ecosystem.

Ocean Reef

Temperate Grassland

Wetland

Urban

Wetland

400

Define photosynthesis.

When plants use water and carbon dioxide to make food.

500

Explain how a living thing would interact with a nonliving thing in an ecosystem.

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Animals drinking water.

Animals breathing in air to live.


500

A bison would most likely be found in this ecosystem.

Temperate Grassland

Temperate Forest

Tropical Rainforest

Hot Desert

Temperate Grassland

500

This green substance found in green parts of plants captures the energy in sunlight.

Chlorophyll