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Parts of an ecosystem
Roles in the ecosystem
Adaptations
Food chain/food webs
Miscellaneous
100
All the populations of different species and nonliving material make up what?
Ecosystem
100
Organisms that make their own food are known as what?
Producers
100
What are traits that help organisms survive in their ecosystem?
Adaptations
100
What shows how food chains are related in the ecosystem?
A food web
100
The place an animal or plant naturally lives in is called a what?
Habitat
200
All the organisms of the same species that live together in the same place at the same time form what?
Population
200
Organisms that break down dead things in an ecosystem are known as what?
Decomposers
200
When an animal changes a physical feature to meet a life need, what type of adaptation is it?
Structural adaptation
200
What would happen to the number of carnivores if the number of producers decreased?
The number of carnivores would decrease because without producers, herbivores and omnivores (which a carnivore eats) would die out, leaving the carnivore with no source of food.
200
When harmful substances (like plastic or trash) is added to Earth's air, water, or land, we call it what?
Pollution
300
Populations of different species make up what?
A community
300
An organism that eats only producers is known as what?
Herbivore
300
When an organism change an activity they do or how they react to something, what type of adaptation is that?
Behavioral adaptation
300
An animal that hunts other animals for food is known as a what?
A predator
300
When organisms undergoes a change in their body form, this change is called what?
Metamorphosis
400
Communities are organized by the amount of energy organisms get from the sun. Which below gets the great amount of energy from the sun? A) Consumers B) Producers C) Decomposers
B) Producers
400
Describe the difference between an omnivore and a carnivore
An omnivore eats plants AND organisms, a carnivore only eats other organisms.
400
1) Ducks having webbed feet to swim better 2) Birds having beaks to get food more easily 3) An earthworm's skin being brown so it can blend in with the soil These are examples of what type of adaptation?
Structural
400
Animals that are hunted by other animals are known as what?
Prey
400
Give an example of an animal that experiences metamorphosis
An insect, a butterfly
500
Give two examples of non-living materials found in an ecosystem.
Water, soil, sun, and air
500
Where does a producer get their energy to make their own food from?
The sun
500
1) Birds migrating south for the winter to stay warm 2) A bird singing a song to attract a potential mate 3) An owl sleeping during the day so it can hunt prey at night These are examples of what type of adaptation?
Behavioral
500
What do we call the function an organisms performs in its food web?
Niche
500
True or False: Humans can only have a negative impact on the environment.
False; they can have positive impact