2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 And 2.5

Question 1

Biotic examples

Answer 1

A living part of an ecosystem. Examples: ant, deer, etc.

Question 2

Abiotic examples

Answer 2

Non-living parts of an ecosystem.Includes dead things. Examples: rocks, sun, dead deer ,etc.

Question 3

True or false: Biotic parts don’t interact with abiotic parts.

Answer 3

False.

Question 4

Niche

Answer 4

An organisms role in its ecosystem. An organism can have more than one niche. Where it lives and what it eats.

Question 5

Producers

Answer 5

An organism that makes food for itself using photosynthesis. Usually it is a plant.

Question 6

Consumers

Answer 6

All other organism except for plants. They eat producers and may eat consumers.

Question 7

Herbivore

Answer 7

They eat only producers.

Question 8

Carnivores

Answer 8

They eat only other consumers.

Question 9

Omnivores

Answer 9

They eat producers and consumers.

Question 10

Give me an example of herbivores, carnivores and omnivores.

Answer 10

Herbivore: horse, giraffe, etc.
Carnivores: lion, wolf, etc.
Omnivores: pigs, bears, humans, etc.

Question 11

Predator, predation, examples

Answer 11

Consumers that eat other animals. Predation is the preying of one animal on others. Example: lynx, killer whale, etc.

Question 12

Prey examples

Answer 12

They are eaten by a predator. Examples: lizards, hares, etc.

Question 13

Scavengers examples

Answer 13

Feed on dead or decaying plants or animal matter. Examples: hyenas, etc.

Question 14

Decomposer examples

Answer 14

Organism that break down dead or decaying organisms, they convert waste into nutrients for plants. Examples: worms, fungi , mushrooms, etc.

Question 15

Tell me about the food pyramid

Answer 15

Bottom to top: Producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumers and quaternary consumers.

Question 16

Food chain

Answer 16

A model that shows how energy stored in food passes from organism or organism.(simple)

Question 17

Give me an example of a food chain.

Answer 17

Always starts with sun. Sun, grass, mouse, snake and hawk.

Question 18

Energy flow

Answer 18

The movement of energy starting from the sun and passing one organism to the next.

Question 19

Food web

Answer 19

A network of interconnected food chains. (Complex)

Question 20

Water cycle

Answer 20

Describes the existence and movement of water on, in and above the earth.

Question 21

Evaporation

Answer 21

Liquid water that turns into a gas and rises into the air.

Question 22

Transpiration

Answer 22

It also adds water vapour to the air.

Question 23

Condensation

Answer 23

The process of water vapour in the air changed into liquid water. Formation of clouds.

Question 24

Precipitation

Answer 24

The fall of water, ice or snow.

Question 25

Run off

Answer 25

Precipitation that didn’t get absorbed into the soil or didn’t evaporate makes it’s way from the ground into places that water collect.

Question 26

Carbon cycle

Answer 26

The circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organism back again.

Question 27

Sources of carbon

Answer 27

1. Respiration of animals
2. Factories and auto emissions
3. Decaying/dead organisms

Question 28

Absorption of carbon

Answer 28

1. Photosynthesis
2. Fossil fuel production
3. Stored in rock

Question 29

Pollution cycle

Answer 29

Pollution is anything that causes harm to a living thing or environment. Pollutants move through water and air.

Question 30

Give me examples of types of pollution

Answer 30

Air, water, soil, noise, etc.

Question 31

Bioaccumulation

Answer 31

The build-up of pollutants/toxins in the tissues of a living thing.

Question 32

Biomagnification

Answer 32

The concentration of how much pollutants/toxins there are through the food chain.