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Vocabulary
Energy Pyramid/ Food Webs
Ecosystems/ Biomes
Drawing/ Labelling Diagrams
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explain abiotic
non living parts of the ecosystem such as water, soil, sunlight and gases, like oxygen needed for survival
100
What is the original source of almost all of the energy in ecosystems?
sunlight
100
what is an ecosystem?
A biological community of all living things and their physical environment
100
what is C on the water cycle diagram
precipitation
100
Who is producing a movie about the Desert Biomes?
Aziz and Alex
200
Explain symbiosis
when two organisms depend on one another for survival
200
An organisms that can make its own food is called a what?
producer
200
All of the members of a species that live in one area are called a what?
Population
200
what is the name given to both the fox and the owl on the food web diagram (nobody eats them)
predator
200
Who is going to live in China next year?
Ms. Amanda
300
explain the definition of a herbivore
An organism that only eats plants
300
What role do decomposers have in an ecosystem?
Breaking down dead organisms into reusable nutrients for plants
300
explain what a community is?
A community is all the different populations of animals living together in the habitat
300
Name J on the water cycle diagram
Transpiration
300
Who is the best G6 Science Class?
6T!
400
in which cycle does the word condensation appear?
The water cycle
400
What is a model of the relationships that form a complex series of interactions among organisms in an ecosystem?
A food web
400
explain the word biome and give an example
areas or regions of the world that are classified because of their temperature, latitude, weather patterns and the flora and fauna you expect to see there, adapted to this biome, example: rain forest: wet 100% of the year, found near the Equator, dark under the canopy so plants are adapted to low light, rain forest animals cannot exist elsewhere
400
what sort of consumer is the frog on the food web?
secondary consumer
400
Whose example of a MIND MAP did we use from the other G6 class?
Anna's
500
explain commensalism
When one organism benefits from the relationship with the other organisms, but the other organism does not get an benefit and is not harmed by the relationship
500
Does the energy increase or decrease as producers are eaten by consumers up the energy pyramid
decrease
500
What features would an animal need to have to adapt to a Polar region?
They would need to have protection against the cold (thick fur or skin with a lot of fat-blubber), and camoflage it white, they would need to be waterproof in some way to swim, they would have to cope with a diet of fish, krill, penguin, and have a way to catch it, they would have to have some way to grip the ice with their feet or slide on it, they would have to adapt their eyes for brightness
500
What does MRS GREN stand for
Movement, Respiration, Senses, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion, Nutrition
500
What quote from the Lion King is on the front of your science workbooks?
"we are all connected in the great circle of life"