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Biomes
Water Ecosystems
How Organisms Interact
Energy in Ecosystems
100
All living and non living things in one area.
What is ecosystem?
100
The job, or niche of a squirrel in this biome is to spread seeds for trees to grow. In return, the niche of a tree is to provide food and shelter for squirrels. In this biome, trees lose their leaves in the fall and winter months.
What is deciduous forest?
100
Here you will be 'swamped' with animals such as otters, alligators, turtles, snakes, and crayfish.
What is wetland?
100
This type of plant grows very quickly and is often in competition with other types of plants for sunlight.
What is kudzu?
100
The showshoe hare is a consumer that often feeds off of plants, which are also known as _______ in food webs.
What are producers?
200
A group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time.
What is population?
200
Located close to the equator, this type of biome has an average temperature of 26 degrees celsius and has an average rainfall of more than 3 meters per year.
What is tropical rainforest?
200
Located in the ocean, this warm water ecosystem contains many nooks where animals are provided with shelter.
What is coral reef?
200
Black bears often compete with other bears for mates and this.
What is territory?
200
This is a diagram that shows the amounts of energy that flow through each level of a food chain.
What is an energy pyramid?
300
A large ecosystem that consists of the same climate and organisms.
What is biome?
300
Located in the middle parts of North America, many animals such as bison, antelope, and prairie dogs live here.
What is grassland?
300
Found at the mouths of rivers, fresh water and salt water meet at one of these. Salt marshes, or grassy wetlands are located on the edges of these.
What are estuaries?
300
A long-term relationship between different species where at least one of the species is always at advantage.
What is symbiosis?
300
These organisms are meat eaters in a food web.
What are carnivores?
400
When organisms compete for space, water, light, food, or mates.
What is competition?
400
This is a very cold biome with little rain. Rodents, rabbits, and caribou feed on plants. Due to the extreme cold, very few plants and trees are able to grow.
What is tundra?
400
Animals that shed an exoskeleton that help build a coral reef.
What are corals?
400
As a water buffalo grazes on plants, this type of bird may often accompany the water buffalo and feed off of insects nearby.
What is a cattle egret?
400
Cells and plants rely on this source to be able to do their work throughout an ecosystem. The earth's atmosphere is also made up of almost 8/10 of this source.
What is nitrogen?
500
This makes up 2/10 of the air.
What is oxygen?
500
Located in the northern hemisphere, this biome contains many evergreen trees. Animals such as bears, elk, moose, and wolves live here.
What is taiga?
500
Where water pressure is very great, here is where you will find clams, crabs, tube worms, and also fish that glow.
What is deep sea?
500
In a coral reef, this organism may often provide protection for clownfish from bigger fish.
What is a sea anemone?
500
When materials are decomposed, this type of gas is often released into the air.
What is carbon dioxide?