Vocabulary
A group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time.
What is a Population?
Give an example of a living thing.
Answers may vary.
Ex. Deer, grass, rabbits, etc.
A large ecosystem with the same climate and organism
What is a biome?
The Taiga is located where?
Located in Canada and Russia, and is cold and dry
Rivers have what types of organisms?
Is the desert considered a tundra? Yes or no. Explain your answer.
Yes. Tundra regions typically get less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of precipitation annually, which means these areas are also considered deserts. They have long, cold winters with high winds and average temperatures below freezing for six to ten months of the year.
Made up of all of the populations in one area.
What is a Community?
Give an example of a non-living thing.
Answers may vary.
Air, water, sunlight, etc.
What do animals need to survive in certain biomes?
Special Adaptations
True or False: The Grasslands are only found on one continent.
False.
Another name for Wetlands are
Swamps
Role that an organism has in an ecosystem.
What is a Niche?
What are the 5 main non-living parts of an ecosystem?
Air, water, soil, temperature, and sunlight
The Tundra is located where?
Most northern areas of the world
What kind of biome do we live in?
Deciduous/Temperate
Coral Reefs do what for us? There are two things.
Provide medicine and food and protect shorelines from ocean storms.
The one place in which an organism lives.
What is a Habitat?
How do living things of an ecosystem interact with non-living things?
They rely on each other. When needs are not met, the populations will lessen and some populations will die, or move away.
True.
Where are rainforests located?
Near Equator
The Deep Sea is what?
home to many creatures that can survive in cold, dark conditions
All of the living and nonliving things in an area.
What is an Ecosystem?
How do the non-living parts of an ecosystem impact the living parts?
The non-living conditions decide what kind of organism will survive there.
Which two biomes are most similar to each other?
The Temperate Forest and Deciduous Forest
Name all 7 Land Biomes
Temperate, Deciduous, Tundra, Desert, Taiga, Grassland, and Tropical
Name all 4 Water Biomes.
Rivers, Wetlands, Coral Reefs, and The Deep Sea