Vocabulary
What is an organism?
Any living thing.
High temperatures, a lot of rain, located in the Tropics, large number of organisms live here!
Tropical Rainforest
Wetlands
Organisms must meet their needs in an ecosystem, or they cannot survive there.
True.
What is an Ecosystem?
All the living and nonliving things that interact with each other in an area
very hot, very dry, low biodiversity
hot desert
Under the ocean, very colorful, high biodiversity
coral reef
Air, water, and sunlight are examples of living things.
False!
forest floor
very cold, very dry, low diversity
cold desert
Where would a brown animal that has adapted to high temperatures and low amounts of water live?
The number and variety of plants and animals in Rainforests is greater than in any other kind of ecosystem.
True.
What is Ecology?
The study of how living and nonliving things interact with their environments
ecosystem where most humans live, it includes cities and industrial regions
urban ecosystem
Where would a cold salt water algae live?
Polar Oceans
Ecosystems are all the same size.
False! They come in different sizes.
How is the top layer of a Rainforest called?
Emergent Layer
small bodies of fresh water
pond
Where would a racoon that loves human trash live?
Urban Ecosystem
Ecologists study the ways living things interact in natural systems.
True