Ecosystems

Word Play

100

What is a word for starting to burn?

Ignition 

200

A substance is...

stuff or material 

300

A word for productive or fruitful. Helping plants grow.

fertile 

400

If the tree is_____that just means there was a lot of wind.

windswept 

500

Finish the sentence with the correct word:

The____ground grew many plants.

fertile 

Reading Closely

100

According to the text we read about fire, fire is a bunch of different_______interacting with each other.

chemicals

200

According to the text, the land helps fire to_____

spread faster

move faster 

go faster 

300

True or false. Fire is always harmful to the ecosystem.

False

400

According to the text, what does fire do for plant and animal life?

It helps with the diversity of life.

It helps them grow.

It helps make different ones.

500

According to the text, what is the fire triangle? (You need these three things)

Heat, oxygen, fuel or ignition source

Juicy Sentence

100

Finish the sentence.

Thanks to the____, this soil has substances, like nitrogen, which is essential for the growth of plants and animals, that provide a fertile seedbed for plants.

fire

200

Finish the sentence.

Thanks to the fire, this ____ has substances, like nitrogen, which is essential for the growth of plants and animals, that provide a fertile seedbed for plants.

soil

300

Finish the sentence.

Thanks to the fire, this soil has substances, like _____, which is essential for the growth of plants and animals, that provide a fertile seedbed for plants.

nitrogen

400

Finish the sentence.

Thanks to the fire, this soil has____, like nitrogen, which is essential for the growth of plants and animals, that provide a fertile seedbed for plants.

substances

500

Finish the sentence.

Thanks to the fire, this soil has substances, like nitrogen, which is essential for the growth of plants and animals, that provide a____ seedbed for plants.

fertile

Grammar

100

What part of speech is ignition?

noun

200

What part of speech is substance?

noun

300

What part of speech is fertile?

Adjective 

400

And, But, So, Nor, Yet, Or

Are examples of....

conjunctions

500

Windswept is an example of a....

(This word means you combine two words together to make one word)

Compound word

Random Trivia

100

How many legs does a spider have?

8

200

What is the hardest natural substance in the world? 

*hint: many women want that bling

diamonds 

300

Who invented the light bulb?

Thomas Edison

400

Where did the Olympic Games originate? 

(What country?)

Greece

500

What is the tallest mountain in the world?

Mount Everest