Ch 3

Question 0

community:

Answer 0

group of living things in an ecosystem

Question 1

ecosystem:

Answer 1

made up of all the living and nonliving things that interact in one place

Question 2

population:

Answer 2

all the members of the same organism

Question 3

biome:

Answer 3

large group of ecosystems

Question 4

climate:

Answer 4

pattern of weather

Question 5

tropical rain forest:

Answer 5

hot and rainy

Question 6

temperate forest:

Answer 6

experience 4 sessons: summer, winter, fall, and spring

Question 7

grassland:

Answer 7

grass and few trees(savannas and prairies)

Question 8

desert:

Answer 8

driest biome

Question 9

taiga:

Answer 9

long, severe winters, and short summers

Question 10

tundra:

Answer 10

Earth’s coldest biome

Question 11

intertidal zone:

Answer 11

mussels, sea stars, and crabs live in the constantly changing conditions of the intertidal zone

Question 12

near shore zone:

Answer 12

fish and other life live among the large kelp plants in some near-shore zones

Question 13

open ocean zone:

Answer 13

dolphins, whales, and jellyfish spend much of their time near the surface in open ocean zones

Question 14

freshwater ecosystems include:

Answer 14

streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, and wetlands

Question 15

food chain:

Answer 15

how energy in an ecosystem flows from one organism to another

Question 16

food web:

Answer 16

shows hoe food chains combine

Question 17

decomposer:

Answer 17

organism that break down the remains of dead animals and also include bacteria, protists, and fungi

Question 18

producer:

Answer 18

organism that makes it’s own food

Question 19

consumer:

Answer 19

when eating a plant, the organism takes in energy