What do you call organisms that can create their own food?
Producers
100
What land biome has lots of sunlight, does not get much rain, has hot summer days, has cold winter nights, and has organisms with adaptations to extreme temperatures and very little water?
Desert
100
What kinds of ecosystems are lakes, ponds, streams, and rivers?
Freshwater
100
Give an example of a harmful kind of microorganism.
Virus, bacteria, fungi, etc.
100
What kind of water is a mixture between salt and freshwater?
Brackish
200
What do you call organisms that have to eat to get the energy they need?
Consumers
200
What land biome has many tall grasses, has little rain, has small animals and herds of larger ones, and play a major role in world farming?
Grassland
200
Which saltwater ecosystem is in the area where the waves meet the shore, the tides rise and fall, there are tide pools, and the waves provide a constant supply of oxygen and nutrients for organisms?
Intertidal zone
200
Give an example of a helpful microorganism.
Bacteria, mold, yeast, etc.
200
What land biome is found near the equator, has a warm and wet environment, has strong sunlight, and many different kinds of animals and plants?
Tropical rain forest
300
What do you call organisms that break down and recycle the tissue of dead organisms?
Decomposers
300
What land biome is famous for their trees with leaves that change color, has moderate temperatures and amounts of rainfall, and has different layers of plants that provide a variety of habitats for animals?
Deciduous forest
300
Which saltwater ecosystem is out past where is waves break, extends to waters that are 600 feet deep, and is where the water is calm and the temperature does not change much?
Near-shore zone
300
Name an example of a producer in a land biome.
Tree, plant, flower, etc.
300
Name an example of a consumer in a water ecosystem.
Any animal that lives in water
400
What is an academic term for a living thing?
Organism
400
What land biome has low temperatures and long winters, has dramatic seasonal changes, and has animals that migrate to another biome for winter?
Tundra
400
Which saltwater ecosystem includes most of the ocean waters, is where the water is very deep but most organisms live near the surface, and has trillions of microscopic algae that begin its food chain?
Open-ocean zone
400
Name an example of a consumer in a land biome.
Any land animal
400
What do you call a large-scale ecosystem that is defined by its climate and the plants and animals that are adapted to it?
Biome
500
What do you call all the living and nonliving things in an area interacting with each other?
Ecosystem
500
What land biome has many evergreen trees, long winters, and diversity of organisms that varies from season to season?
Taiga
500
What kind of ecosystem has brackish water and huge amounts of nutrients?
Estuary
500
Name an example of a producer in a water ecosystem.
Algae, seaweed, duckweed, waterlilies, cattails, grass, etc.
500
What do you call a region with similar yearly patterns of temperature, rainfall, and sunlight?