Ecosystems
What is the difference between abiotic and biotic factors?
Biotic is living, abiotic is non living.
Describe a food web.
A complex system that includes the sun, producers, consumers, and decomposer.
What stage does a frog and insect start at?
Egg.
Something that allows a plant or animal to live in its environment.
Name three animals found in a wetland.
Red Fox, Painted Turtle, Large Mouth Bass, etc.
Plants, animals, insects, etc.
What would happen if I introduced a new species to a food web?
The balance would be off, the animal may eat too many other plants and animals, causing plants and animals that eat those to suffer.
What is is called when an animal goes through a complete body change when growing up?
Metamorphosis
Please list an adaptation for a duck?
Webbed feet.
What are some adaptations wetland animals might have to survive?
Give three examples of abiotic factors.
Sun, soil, water, etc.
Decomposers break them down. Their nutrients return to the soil.
Describe the frogs lifecycle.
Describe.
Please name an animal not found in a wetland.
MANY! PANDA??
What process do plants use to create their own food? Describe it.
Photosynthesis. Please describe/draw it.
What do all food webs start with?
THE SUN
How does a frog and insect lifecycle differ?
Frogs spend time underwater then above water (loose gills), insects are called a pupa, frogs are called a juvenille frog.
What is an adaptation for a water strider?
Long legs, creates surface tension to float on water.
Home for plants and animals. Filters out wastes in soils. Produces oxygen through photosynthesis. etc.
List and describe other ecosystems besides a wetland ecosystem.
Desert, forest, classroom.
The top animal in a food chain. An example would be an eagle.
How does a human lifecycle differ from a frogs lifecycle?
We do not undergo metamorphosis.
What is a behavioural adaptation?
When an animal behaves in a way to survive, such as living in groups.
How can we protect wetland animals?