Living/Nonliving
Populations
Ecosystem Components
Ecosystem Maintenance
Answers Starting in "A"
100

A term for any living thing

What is an organism

or

what is a biotic factor

100

This is affected if the population of an organism changes. 

What is the food chain, or food web

100

This is any type of ecosystem:

What is desert, arctic, forest, mouth, pond, ocean, coral reef.........

100

This type of species is not native to the ecosystem:

What is an invasive species?

100

Fish from this continent are affecting the Great Lakes:

What is Asia?

200

Which is abiotic? A squirrel, two raccoons, a snake, a rock, a palm tree

What is a rock

200

What are some key populations for the great barrier reef?

What is fish, coral, ect.

200

Describe a population

what is the number of one species in a given area

200

what are some natural disasters that might happen?

What is wildfire, drought or flood?

200

This type of ecosystem is located under water

What is an aquatic biome?

300

Which of the following is an example of a biotic factor: a feather, water, a beetle, rocks, a waterfall

What is a beetle

300
By maintaining this in an ecosystem, it helps maintain the population. 

What is diversity?

300

Describe what would make up the community (at least 3) of coral reef

What is clown fish, jelly fish, seaweed, etc.

300

Global warming causes an increase in what?

temperature, wildfires and other natural disasters.

300

what is a descriptor for a desert that means dry or humid

arid

400

What are 3 resources living organisms need?

What are food, water, air, shelter, sunlight?

400

Giraffe's eat Acacia leaves.  What will happen to the giraffe population if the Acacia Tree becomes extinct?

What is a decrease in giraffe population

400

A field that grows tomatoes, beans and wheat at the same time is an example of this type of farming.

What is polyculture farming?

400

This would cause the greatest health problem of an ecosystem. 

What is only having a few types of plants and animals?

Or

Having little or no diversity.

400

Which type of living thing could adapt by hunting at night or shedding its coat

What is animals

500

These are two abiotic factors that greatly affect the ecosystem?

What are oxygen, carbon dioxide, sunlight, temperature

500

If rainforests are replaced with Palm Oil plants, the populations will be affected because __ and __of organisms are affected. 

What are the health and diversity of organisms?

500

Describe an ecosystem

What is an area of land and all the living and nonliving things that interact within it.

500

This type of issue can have an effect on more than one ecosystem at a time:

What are water, land, or air pollution, global warming?

500
what is around the globe that contains gasses such as oxygen, nitrogen and carbon

What is atmosphere