Biotic or Abiotic Factors?
These factors in an ecosystem need food, water and shelter to survive.
What are biotic factors?
This is the solid rock that lies under the soil.
What is bedrock?
All food webs start with energy from this abiotic factor.
What is the sun?
These organisms make their own food through photosynthesis.
What are producers?
All of one type of organism in an ecosystem is known as this
What is population?
These factors in an ecosystem do not have basic needs for survival.
What are abiotic factors
This is the term for soil that is supporting or able to support abundant plant growth.
What is fertile?
Several food chains combined together creates this
What is a food web?
Fungi and bacteria are examples of this type of organism.
What are decomposers?
This type of ecosystem are large open areas of country covered with grass, especially ones used for grazing.
What is grassland?
All the biotic and abiotic objects interacting in a specific environment is known as this
What is an ecosystem?
This is a dark, nutrient-rich substance found naturally in soil that is made from decomposed plant and/or animal matter.
What is Humus?
These organisms survive by consuming both meat and plants.
What are omnivores?
Tyrannosaurs Rex is an example of this type of consumer.
What is a carnivore?
This type of ecosystem include lakes and ponds, rivers, streams, springs, bogs, and wetlands.
What is freshwater?
Possum, tree, cardinal and grasses are all examples of these
What are biotic facrtors?
This is a vertical cross-section of soil in which all five soil layers are visible.
What is Soil Profile?
The three classes of organisms in a food chain are...
What are producers, consumers and decomposers?
Rabbits are an example of this type of consumer.
What is herbivore?
The specific environment that meets an organism's needs is known as this
What is a habitat?
Water, sun, and rocks are all examples of these
What are abiotic factors?
This is the hard, mineral-rich layer of soil underneath the topsoil.
What is subsoil?
Lions eat zebras. What would happen to the zebra population if almost all the lions died?
What is the population would grow?
This is the name for an organism that is introduced to an area where it is not native and then causes harm to other organisms in the ecosystem.
What is invasive species?
This organism we studied in class has no working mouth parts as an adult.
What is Atlas Moth?