Very Vocab
The living and nonliving things that interact in an area make up this.
What is an ecosystem?
The name of the scientist who visited the island to observe finches
2 living and 2 nonliving things in a FOREST ecosystem?
What are air, water, sunlight, etc
woodpeckers, deer, squirrels, maple trees, pine trees, ferns, etc
3 nonliving things in an ecosystem
What are air, water, and sunlight?
A good practice in making a model of the different parts of an ecosystem is to do this.
What is label the nonliving and living things?
Tiny plantlike organisms in ponds
What is algae?
The type of scientist who study ecosystems and teach other people about them
Who are ecologists?
2 living and 2 nonliving things in a POLAR ecosystem?
What are air, water, sunlight, etc
polar bears, penguins, seals, ice, ice berg, fish
The difference between an ecosystem with many more plants than an ecosystem with less
What are differences in temperature, sunlight, and soil?
This plant feature is found in the understory of a tropical rainforest because there is less sunlight there
What are especially large leaves?
The layer of the rainforest that is at the very top.
What is the emergent layer?
3 things a scientist might do
What are ask questions, observe, conduct experiments, and/or draw/sketch/take notes on observations?
2 living and 2 nonliving things in a HOT DESERT ecosystem?
What are air, water, sunlight, etc
snakes, scorpions, cactus, desert wildflowers
These components of a coral reef ecosystem interact.
What are coral, sand, water, and all the organisms living there, because ecosystems are made up of all living and nonliving things inside them.
An ecosystem found in Michigan
What is a temperate forest?
This vocab word means the name of any living thing.
What is an organism?
Something that a scientist would not forget to do when constructing a model of an ecosystem
What is label the living and nonliving things?
2 living and 2 nonliving things in a OCEAN REEF ecosystem?
What is water, sunlight, rocks, etc
coral, shellfish, fish, octopus, etc
All animals that live in a pond ecosystem need this
What is air?
The temperature in a TEMPERATE FOREST does this during the spring and fall months
What is increase in the spring months and decrease in the fall months?
This means a mild climate or mild temperatures - not too hot or cold.
What is "temperate"?
One thing that a scientist may do before conducting an experiment?
What is observe & form questions/Research topics and similar experiments
2 living and 2 nonliving things in a TEMPERATE GRASSLAND ecosystem?
What are air, sunlight, water, etc
bison, antelope, prairie dogs, vultures, etc
The order of the four layers in a tropical rainforest from bottom to top
What is forest floor, understory, canopy, and emergent layer?
What is hibernate in the winter for bears and fly somewhere warm for birds?