Terrestrial & Aquatic Biomes
What type of biome is characterized by salty water and supports a wide variety of unique plant and animal life?
What is the ocean?
What do we call organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis?
What are producers?
What type of consumer eats only plants?
What are herbivores?
What is a food chain?
What is a linear sequence of organisms where each is eaten by the next in the chain?
What does an energy pyramid illustrate?
What is an energy pyramid illustrates the flow of energy through different levels in an ecosystem?
Which biome is known for its tall trees and diverse wildlife, often found in regions with high rainfall?
What is the Rainforest?
Name the group of organisms that break down dead plants and animals.
What are decomposers?
What do we call animals that eat both plants and other animals?
What are omnivores?
How is a food web different from a food chain?
What is a food web consists of many interconnected food chains, showing how different organisms are related in multiple ways?
What is the primary source of energy for the entire energy pyramid?
What is the sun?
Name a biome that is primarily found in areas with limited rainfall and has many grasses and few trees.
What are the Grasslands?
What type of organism eats other organisms for energy?
What are consumers?
Identify an animal that is a primary consumer.
What is a grasshopper? (Other answers will be accepted by teacher.)
Give an example of a simple food chain involving a plant, a herbivore, and a carnivore.
Example: Grass → Grasshopper → Frog.
In an energy pyramid, which level has the most energy available?
What is the bottom level (producers)?
What is an estuary?
What is the place where freshwater and saltwater meet?
Give an example of a producer in a forest ecosystem.
What are trees? (Other answers may vary.)
What role do secondary consumers play in a food chain?
What is secondary consumers eat primary consumers and are crucial for controlling the population of those consumers.
Why are producers important in a food web?
What is producers are essential because they create the energy that fuels the entire food web?
In an energy pyramid, what happens to the energy as you move from the base to the top?
What is as you move from the base to the top of the energy pyramid, the amount of energy decreases?
Describe the characteristics of a lake ecosystem compared to an ocean ecosystem.
What is lakes are smaller and contain freshwater, while oceans are larger and contain saltwater. Oceans also have more biodiversity.
Explain the role of a decomposer in the ecosystem.
What is Decomposers recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem by breaking down dead organic matter?
Describe how a predator and prey relationship works in an ecosystem.
What is in a predator-prey relationship, the predator hunts and consumes the prey, helping to maintain balance in the ecosystem?
What might happen to an ecosystem if a top predator is removed from the food web?
What is it can cause an overpopulation of prey species, which may lead to overgrazing or depletion of vegetation?
Why are there usually fewer organisms at the top level of the energy pyramid compared to the bottom level?
What is there are fewer organisms at the top level of the energy pyramid because less energy is available to support them?