| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What scientist made a career of studying chimpanzees in their natural surroundings? | Jane Goodall |
| Name 3 things the African rainforests provide animals | water, shelter, fruits, nuts, seeds, insects to eat |
| All living organisms in an ecosystem | Biotic factors |
| All nonliving parts in an ecosystem | Abiotic factors |
| Name some abiotic factors | air, water, soil, temperature, sunlight |
| Organisms living in an ecosystem often have similar what? | Traits or characteristics |
| The organisms traits help them survive their | ecosystem |
| Name a few animals that live in a tropical rain forest. | Butterflies, tree frogs, monkeys, parrots |
| What kind of climate does a desert have? | little rain, hot days, cool nights |
| Organisms living in the desert have what to help them survive the hot, dry conditions? | traits |
| Name some animals that live in the United States deserts | coyotes, desert tortoises, lizards, rattlesnakes |
| What do rodents, rabbits and caribou feed off of in the Tundra? | small plants and grasses |
| Organisms living in the tundra have traits that help them survive what? | cold weather and little rain |
| Name a few animals that live in the tundra | weasels, polar bear, foxes |
| What kind of plants are able to live in Taiga | fir, spruce, hemlock |
| Name a few of the small animals that live in Taiga and what they eat. | squirrels, birds, insects, eat berries and the seeds of trees |
| What kind of weather do Taiga's have? | harsh, long, cold winters |
| Hawks and grizzly bears that eat other animals are called what? | predators |
| Large animals such as elk and moose eat what? | tree bark and young plants |
| In the wetlands a shallow layer of what covers the surface of the land for some or all of the year? | water |
| What kind of animals live in the coastal wetlands? | birds, snakes and variety of insects |
| The mixed forests are home to what? | many types of trees and animals |
| Do to the cold winters the animals in the mixed forest will do what? | hibernate |
| The birds in the mixed forest will do what? | migrate to warmer weather |
| Where are prairie ecosystems found? | throughout the Midwest and Great Plains |
| Which ecosystem do Bison live in? | Prairie |
| the role that an organism has in an ecosystem. | niche |
| Place where an organism lives | habitat |
| What is a habitat made up of? | soil, air, water as well as the plants of the area |
| What is the habitat of the northern pygmy owl? | trees and the land on which they live |
| What is a carrying capacity? | the number of organisms that can live in a habitat |
| Name the factors that limit the carrying capacity of a habitat? | food, water, space and shelter |
| What happens to a population in a carrying capacity with it has the right conditions such as plenty of food, few diseases and few predators. | The population will grow larger |
| What is it called and what happens if a population grows larger than the carrying capacity? | Overcrowding and food supplies run out and organisms must move to other areas in order to survive. |
| Ecosystems are made up of? | living and nonliving things |
| Why do some organisms compete with one another? | for space and food |
| Each organism in an ecosystem fills the energy role of? | producer, consumer, decomposer |
| Most producers use energy from what to make their food? | sun |
| Herbivores, such as a moose eat only? | plants |
| Carnivores like lions eat only? | other animals |
| Black bears eat both plants and animals they are called | omnivores |
| Carnivores like vultures and hyenas feed on dead animals and are called? | Scavengers |
| Most decomposers are too small to see unless you use a ? | Microscope |
| How does energy pass through an ecosystem? | When food is eaten |
| A series of steps by which energy moves from one type of living thing to another is called? | Food chain |
| A diagram that combines many food chains into one picture is called | Food web |
| Plants may compete for? | sunlight, soil, water |
| Animals may compete for? | territory, water, light, food or mates |
| A long term relationship between two different organisms is called | symbiosis |
| An organism that lives on or inside of another organism | parasite |
| Fungi, bacteria and animals can all be types of | decomposers |
| Name two types of fungi | mold and yeasts |
| What does mold get from the food? | energy |
| Animal decomposers break down dead plant and animal remains and use the nutrients left over for what? | live and grow |
| Mushroom are fungi that often grow where? | wet soil or on dead trees |
| Mushrooms get ______ from the decaying trees and return some ______________ to the ecosystem | energy, nutrients |
| A predator is a consumer that gets its energy by? | eating other animals |
| Most of the food that a plant makes is made where? | plant's leaves |
| What is Earth's primary energy source? | Sun |
| A green substance that traps energy from the sun is called | Chlorophyll |
| Where is Chlorophyll stored | in the chloroplasts of plant cells |
| Carbon dioxide + water Light energy/chlorophyll | |
| Ecosystems are made up of? | living and nonliving things |
| Why do some organisms compete with one another? | for space and food |
| Each organism in an ecosystem fills the energy role of? | producer, consumer, decomposer |
| Most producers use energy from what to make their food? | sun |
| Herbivores, such as a moose eat only? | plants |
| Carnivores like lions eat only? | other animals |
| Black bears eat both plants and animals they are called | omnivores |
| Carnivores like vultures and hyenas feed on dead animals and are called? | Scavengers |
| Most decomposers are too small to see unless you use a ? | Microscope |
| How does energy pass through an ecosystem? | When food is eaten |
| A series of steps by which energy moves from one type of living thing to another is called? | Food chain |
| A diagram that combines many food chains into one picture is called | Food web |
| Plants may compete for? | sunlight, soil, water |
| Animals may compete for? | territory, water, light, food or mates |
| A long term relationship between two different organisms is called | symbiosis |
| An organism that lives on or inside of another organism | parasite |
| Fungi, bacteria and animals can all be types of | decomposers |
| Name two types of fungi | mold and yeasts |
| What does mold get from the food? | energy |
| Animal decomposers break down dead plant and animal remains and use the nutrients left over for what? | live and grow |
| Mushroom are fungi that often grow where? | wet soil or on dead trees |
| Mushrooms get ______ from the decaying trees and return some ______________ to the ecosystem | energy, nutrients |
| A predator is a consumer that gets its energy by? | eating other animals |
| Most of the food that a plant makes is made where? | plant's leaves |
| What is Earth's primary energy source? | Sun |
| A green substance that traps energy from the sun is called | Chlorophyll |
| Where is Chlorophyll stored | in the chloroplasts of plant cells |
| Carbon dioxide + water Light energy/chlorophyll— sugar + oxygen | Photosynthesis equation |
| sugar + oxygen ——energy + carbon dioxide + water | Cellular respiration equation |
| What is a nonnative species? | a plant or animal that does not grow naturally in an ecosystem |
| What is it called when limits are put on how many animals a person can hunt and fish? | Regulation |
| Plants make food during this process | photosynthesis |
| Plants and animals get energy from food through this process | cellular respiration |
| How do organisms interact in ecosystems? | Through competition and predator-and-prey relationships |
| What do food chains and food webs show? | movement of energy |
