Ecosystems
What is an organism?
This is the source of all energy on earth.
What is the sun?
Both prairies in North America and savannas in Africa can be classified as this type of Terrestrial Biome.
What are Grasslands?
Covers 3/4 of the Earth's surface.
What is Aquatic ecosystems?
Abiotic or biotic factors that restricts the number of individuals in a population.
What are limiting factors?
A living organism in an ecosystem
What is a Biotic factor?
An organism that eats both plants and animals.
What is an omnivore?
You could find over 200 species of butterfly in this biome.
What is the Rainforest?
Freshwater & Marine.
What are the two main types of aquatic ecosystems?
Examples of decomposers -
What are fungi, bacteria, worms & some insects?
The weather, for example.
What is an Abiotic factor?
An organism that is able to use energy from the sun to produce it's own food.
What is a producer?
A layer of permanently frozen soil.
What is permafrost?
A mix of fresh & salt water.
What is Brackish Marine ecosystems?
Examples of Abiotic Factors -
What are air, water, soil, rocks, sunlight, & weather?
A community of organisms interacting with their environment.
What is an ecosystem?
A tertiary consumer is usually one.
What is a carnivore?
Evergreen trees and other cone bearing trees such as spruce, hemlock and fir are common in these areas.
What are the Coniferous Forests?
Includes lakes, ponds, rivers, springs, and wetlands.
What is freshwater ecosystems?
This is what happens to the amount of energy as it travels through a food chain.
What is decreases?
A major regional or global living community characterized by the dominant organisms and climate.
What is a biome?
An organism that breaks down dead materials returning nutrients to the Earth.
What is a decomposer?
Temperatures may range from below freezing to greater than 100 degrees fahrenheit in this dry biome.
What is the desert?
What are marine aquatic ecosystems?
Examples of Limiting Factors -
What are Competitors, Disease & Parasites, Weather & Fires, Available Habitat & Predators?