Key Words
What do you call a change that helps a living thing survive in its environment?
What is adaptation?
Which ecosystem has lots of rain and tall trees?
What is a rainforest?
What is the main cause of the Earth getting warmer?
What is the greenhouse effect?
What is the word for the job or role a living thing has in its environment?
What is a niche?
Which ecosystem is filled with water for most of the year?
What is a wetland?
What is it called when too many nutrients make water unhealthy?
What is eutrophication?
What do we call the different kinds of living things in a place?
What is biodiversity?
Which ecosystem is hot, dry, and has very few plants?
What is a desert?
What is the process where land becomes desert, often because of bad farming
What is desertification?
What is the study of how living things interact with each other and their surroundings?
What is ecology?
What do you call the place where freshwater meets the ocean?
What is an estuary?
What do we call pollution that comes from many places, not just one?
What is nonpoint source pollution?
What do you call the non-living parts of an environment, like sunlight or water?
What are abiotic factors?
Which ecosystem is cold, has no trees, and is frozen most of the year?
What is the tundra?