definitions.
examples
what is missing in the ecosystem?
what am I?
how do I help the ecosystem?
100

A place where all living things and non living things interact together and depend on each other 

What is an ecosystem? 

100

A source of heat and light that makes life on Earth possible. 

What is the sun? 

100

Suddenly this ecosystem is cold, dark and without life.  What is missing? 

What is the sun? 

100

Water vapor that cools to a liquid. 

what is condensation?

100

I am an earthworm. 

What is by being a decomposer and eating dead material. 

200

A tool that spins and measures how fast the wind is blowing

What is an anemometer? 

200

A wolf, tiger, or coyote.

What is a carnivore? 

200

A food web sees an increase in rabbits, what kind of animal would be missing? 

What is a predator? 

200

A tool that measures how much air is pressing down on us helping us to predict the weather. 

What is a barometer? 

200

I am the sun. 

What is an energy source that gives light, heat and energy to the Earth? 

300

A state of matter that takes the shape of its container. 

What is a liquid? 

300

A human, pig, dog, raccoon, bears. 

What is an omnivore? 

300

All the grass dies and the streams or running low.  What abiotic factor is missing from the ecosystem? 

What is rain? 

300

A net or screen that catches unwanted things. 

What is a filter? 

300

I am a bunny. 

What is a food source for carnivores? 

400

An animal that breaks down plant and animal matter into simple chemicals. 

What is a decomposer?

400

Grass grows from the sun, rabbits eat grass, coyotes eat rabbits, earth worms decompose dead grass, wolves eat coyotes. 

What is a food web or food chain? 

400

There is no longer any trees in the Utah forestr.  What organism would be missing because of this? 

What are squirrels and birds. 

400

Something observable using your 5 senses. 

What are physical properties? 

400

I am a blackberry bush. 

What is being a producer feeding herbivores, omnivores and providing a habitat for small animals.  

500

An organism that eats plants. 

what is an herbivore? 

500

An organism that makes its own food? 

What is a producer? 

500

The wind no longer blows?  What would be the first effect?  The last effect? 

What is grass and plants growing because their seeds are not distributed.  The last effect would be a loss of animal life as they would not have a habitat or food for herbivores to feed carnivores. 

500

A tool that measures how much moisture is in the air? 

What is a hygrometer? 

500

I am a relationship between organisms and abiotic factors that create a place to live. 

What is an ecosystem?