What are Ecosystems?
What is an environment
Everything that surrounds a living thing
The space where a plant or animal lives is called its
habitat
A living thing that eats other living things is a
Consumer
A living thing that makes its own food is a
Producer
What is a drought?
A long period of time with no rainfall
All of the living and nonliving things in a place are called an
ecosystem
All of one kind of animal living together in a place is called a
Population
An animal that eats only plants is a
herbivore
Give an example of a living thing that makes its own food
Plant
Why are pebbles, sand, and other earth materials sometimes found floating in the ocean?
Erosion
Name three things in a mountain ecosystem
Answers vary: Stellers jays, mountain goats, mountains, rocks, pine trees
What is a community?
All of the populations in an area that live and interact together
What is an omnivore?
An animal that eats plants and animals
What shows the path of food from one living organism to another?
Food chain
How does the mound that termites build change the land in a positive way?
Adds nutrients to the soil
Name some animals that live in fresh water habitats
fish, ducks, and frogs
Bison and antelope live in this ecosystem
Grassland
Give an example of an animal that eats only plants
Rabbit (answers vary)
What three things are needed during photosynthesis?
Light, carbon dioxide, water
What are four ways we can change the environment for the better?
clean litter, recycle, planting trees, biccyling
What is the difference between an environment and and a population?
An environment has nonliving things and a population is only made up of living things
Cattails and lillies live near this fresh water ecosystem
pond
Give three examples of decomposers
Earthworms, bacteria, mushrooms
What is the end result of photosynthesis?
Plants make sugars, release oxygen
Name two benefits and two drawbacks of forest fires
-destroy plants and animal habitats
-Animals must look for new homes
+clear space for new growth
+Pinecones open and release seeds