Types of Ecosystems
I contain salt water. Animals are present at the shoreline. Seaweed and jellyfish are present.
What is an ocean?
This is an example of a food chain.
Algae>mussels>sea snails>blue crabs>sea turtle
What would decrease (go down) if the number of sea turtles went up?
What is blue crabs?
Name the main difference between consumers and producers.
What is Producers make their own food and consumers cannot make their own food?
What does a forest fire take away from a forest that squirrels need to survive?
What are food and shelter?
I contain freshwater. Plants grow along my edges. Ducks and beavers are present.
What is a lake?
Look at this food chain:
sunflower seed>cricket>robin>fox>coyote
What would cause the number of foxes to increase?
What is fewer coyotes?
What is they return nutrients to the soil?
Rain causes flooding. Name an animal that would mostly thrive when this happens.
Accept all answers that make sense.
I am a terrestrial ecosystem. I have many trees, shrubs, grasses, and ferns. I have a high amount of rainfall. Deer, rabbits, snakes, and spiders live here.
What is a forest?
A cow gets energy from the grass it eats. Where does the grass get its energy?
What is the sun?
Name some animals that live in the rainforest.
What are monkeys, snakes, and frogs?
An area is on the equator and very dry. What is another characteristic of this area?
What is hot?
I am a terrestrial ecosystem. I have fertile soil and I am covered with tall grasses. I have a medium amount of rainfall. Bison, prairie dogs, and grasshoppers roam around me.
What is grasslands?
Explain the direction energy flows in a food chain.
What is from the sun to each producer and consumers?
An alligator is an example a what part of the food chain?
What is a consumer?
There is flooding in an area around a creek. What effect will it have on the animals that live around the creek?
Accept all answers.
Name 3 aquatic ecosystems.
What are lake, river, pond, ocean, etc?
What do you call many food chains that are shared?
What is a food web?
Name some examples of nonliving components that make up an ecosystem. There are 5
What is sunlight, water, nutrients, soil, and air?
Can an aquatic ecosystem be part of a terrestial ecosystem?
What is yes?