Define Consumer and provide an example.
An organism that needs to eat (consume) meat and or plants for energy.
Define terrestrail and provide an example.
Land ecosystems. Dessert, forest, grasslands, rainforest.
Which type of ecosystem depends on WATER for organisms to thrive and survive?
Aquatic.
What is the primary function of a producer in an ecosystem?
Using photosynthesis to make their own food.
If the sun and water no longer existed in an ecosystem, what would happen to that ecosystem?
Plants and animals would no longer be able to survive.
Define Producer and provide an example.
An organism that uses the SUN to produce its food. Example- plants.
What ecosystem would you find a monkey swinging from the trees?
A) tropical rainforest
B) dessert
C) decidious forest
D) ocean
A) tropical rainforest
What is the main difference between a lake ecosystem and an ocean ecosystem?
Ocean - saltwater
Lake - freshwater
Carnivore.
A black bear eats BERRIES and INSECTS. What type of consumer is a black bear?
Omnivore.
Define organism and provide an example.
Any living thing, humans etc.
Describe the animal and plant life in a tropical rainforest ecosystem.
Monkeys, snakes, frogs and flowers, trees, and ferns.
Which two ecosystems contain saltwater organisms?
ocean and estuaries.
A crow eats a dead animal what type of consumer is it?
Scavenger. It looks for dead animals to eat.
Tell the definition of an HERBIVORE and 3 examples.
Deer
Cow
Ladybug
etc
Define abiotic.
A nonliving thing. Computer, book, desk, ect.
Describe the tropical rainforest and decidous forest ecosystems; animal life and climate.
Tropical rainforest - panthers, monkeys, tropical birds (tucan, parrot); consistent temps, lots of precipitation (rain)
Decidious forest - black bears, deer, rabbit ; seasonals temps and precipitation (rain)
Describe the differences between estuaries, ponds, and oceans - animals life, type of water.
ocean - sharks, crabs, saltwater fish, coral
ponds - shallow freshwater algae ducks and turtles
estuaries - brackish water brought in by the tides ; grasses, otters, shrimp
Rhinos tend to only eat shrubs and grass. What type of consumer is the rhino?
Herbivore.
How do nutrients get back into the soil? What organism accomplishes this?
Decomposers. Breaking down dead plants and animals releasing nutrients back into the soil for the producers to use.
Define food chain.
The order in which organisms, or living things, depend on each other for food that shows the flow of energy.
Describe the grasslands ecosystem. Plant life and animal life.
TALL GRASS, few trees, fertile soil ; bison, pairie dogs
Which organism would BENEFIT if the herrings population was removed?
Zooplankton.
What is an example of a TERRESTRAIL organism relying on an AQUATIC organism?
A) birds eating worms
B) Fish eating algae
C) Sharks eating octopus
D) Bear eating a fish
D.
Why are decomposers so important in an ecosystem?
They break down dead plants and animals giving nutrients back into the soil.