Environment of an Ecosystem
Organization of Ecosystems
Food Chain/Food Web
Symbiotic Relationships
Random!
100
What are three examples of biotic factors in an environment?
Answer: Plants, Animals, Fungi, and Bacteria. Can also be Producers, Consumers, Decomposers, or Scavengers.
100
What is an Ecosystem?
Answer: It consists of all the organisms living together and the environment in which they interact.
100
What is a Food Chain?
Answer: The transfer of food energy from one organism to the next in an ecological community.
100
What is a symbiotic relationship?
Answer: It is a relationship or interaction between two different organisms.
100
What four things do organisms need in order to survive?
Answer: Air, Water, Food, and Shelter.
200
What are three examples of abiotic factors in an environment?
Answer: Soil, Rocks, Air, Water, and Temperature as well as natural events like Storms, Earthquakes, or Volcanic Eruptions
200
What are all members of the same species living together called?
Answer: Population
200
What is a Food Web?
Answer: A system of overlapping Food Chains
200
What is Commensalism?
Answer: A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other does not benefit but is not hurt either.
200
What provides energy for almost every ecosystem on Earth?
Answer: The Sun
300
What are the two parts of an Ecosystem?
Answer: The community of organisms and the physical environment.
300
What is a Niche?
Answer: The role an organism plays in an ecosystem.
300
What do the arrows in a Food Chain, or a Food Web represent?
Answer: They show which way the energy is flowing between organisms.
300
A flea jumps on a dog and begins to use the dog’s blood as a food source. As a result, the dog gets sick. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?
Answer: Parasitism
300
What is an Invasive Species?
Answer: Plants, animals, or other living organisms that are brought into an ecosystem that do not belong and are non-native. This can harm the environment, humans, and other organisms.
400
What is one Abiotic factor that cause plants to grow in an environment?
Answer: Rainfall, Soil Conditions, and Temperature.
400
What is a Habitat?
Answer: The place where a population or an individual lives in an ecosystem. It provides animals food, water, and shelter.
400
What is the final link in the Food Chain?
Answer: Decomposers
400
A greenish brown algae grows on a spider crab’s back. This algae makes the crab blend into its surroundings more to avoid predators while the algae is given a good place to live. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?
Answer: Mutualism
400
What do Omnivores eat? What is an example of an Omnivore?
Answer: They eat both plants and animals. A couple of examples of Omnivores include Humans, Bears, Raccoons, and even Seagulls.
500
What is Adaptation? Give one example of an Adaptation an organism has.
A characteristic that helps a living thing survive. An example of an adaptation is a skunk’s spray it uses to ward off predators.
500
What does Interdependent mean when talking about Ecosystems?
Answer: Populations that depend on each other for survival. When organisms in an ecosystem depend on each other for their survival and growth.
500
What is the First Level Consumer in this Food Web?
Answer: Mouse, Rabbit, or Goat
500
Give one example of a symbiotic relationship and then label it as Mutualism, Commensalism, or Parasitism.
Answer: The relationship between an anemone and a clownfish. The anemone provides the clownfish with protection and shelter, while the clownfish provides the anemone nutrients and scares away predators. This is an example of Mutualism.
500
What is the process in which plants use sunlight to make their own food?
Answer: Photosynthesis