Ecosystems 1
a large scale ecosystem; distinguished by plants, animals, and climate
Biome
This is the Biome we live in
Deciduous Forest
water that is found in rivers & streams
Fresh Water
an organism that hunts, kills, and eats other organisms
What is a predator
An organism that eats meat
What is a Carnivore
Plants use this process to turn light into chemical energy
What is photosynthesis?
An animal that feeds on dead and decaying animals
What are scavengers?
The living and nonliving things (community) and the ways they interact in there physical environment
What is an ecosystem?
this biome is called the breadbasket of the world
Grasslands
A place in an ecosystem where a population lives
What is a habitat?
at the oceans edge; where tides rise & fall
Intertidal Zone
Organisms that eat both plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
An organism that uses sunlight to create its food
What is a producer
An animal that eats plants or other animals and does not make its own food.
What is a consumer?
This biome contains the most diversity of plants and animals. It is found near the Equator, with warm temps and rainfall almost daily
What is the Tropical Rainforest?
in this biome the sun is always shining, very little rain and the soil & air are very dry.
Desert
a coastal Wetland; that is made of mud and peat
Salt Marsh
an unwanted change in the environment
Pollution
Animals that only eat plants
What are herbivores?
Which shows a food chain in a natural community?
1. producer Herbivore Carnivore
2. decomposer herbivore producer
3. carnivore herbivore carnivore
4. Consumer decomposer carnivore
1. producer herbivore carnivore
a biome of tall grasses, shrubs, few trees, and moderate temps with light rainfall.
Grasslands
A forest containing trees that loose there leaves each year. moderate temps & rainfall
Deciduous Forest
place where a river empties into the ocean
Estuary
most of the oceans very deep waters, where most organisms live near the surface
Open-Ocean Zone
Non Living parts of an ecosystem
Abiotic
Food chains that is interconnected/overlaps in a particular ecosystem
What is a food web?
If all the plants died in an ecosystem What would eventually happen to all the animals?
What is die
a forest of evergreens ( conifers) that extend across Eurasia & North America
Taiga
A rolling plain that is located toward the poles and the soil is permanently frozen.
Tundra
relating to the land or earth
Terrestrial
when people, animals or plants rely on each other to survive
Interdependence
living or growing in or near the water
Aquatic
In a food web the mushroom and bacteria are....
What are decomposers?
Where all organisms energy can be traced back to in a food web
What is the Sun?