Ch1 Parts of Ecosystem

Question 1

ecosystem

Answer 1

made up of all living and nonliving things that interact in an area

Question 2

What are some nonliving parts of an ecosystem?

Answer 2

1. light
2. water
3. temperature
4. soil
   example would be a forest and a polar region, the temperature is quite different and will determine what can live in each ecosystem

Question 3

Forest ecosystem

Answer 3

1. light
2. air
3. water
4. shade
5. soil

Question 4

Polar ecosystem

Answer 4

1. all soil covered by ice
2. temperatures are very low
3. half of the year there is little or no sunlight
4. animals survive with layers of fat and thick fur

Question 5

Desert ecosystem

Answer 5

1. daytime temperatures are very high
2. little rainfall
3. soil is sandy and has few nutrients
4. plants and animals adapt to these conditions
5. many desert animals are active only at night when temperatures are lower

Question 6

organism

Answer 6

living thing

Question 7

energy

Answer 7

ability to cause change

Question 8

What do living things depend on to live?

Answer 8

basic needs:

1. all organisms need a source of energy
2. oxygen
3. shelter
4. water

Question 9

reproduce

Answer 9

making more organisms of their own kind

Question 10

life process

Answer 10

1. take in nutrients
2. grow and develop
3. release energy
4. react to their surroundings
5. gives off waste
6. reproduce

Question 11

temperate zone

Answer 11

an area of the Earth that rarely gets hot or cold

Question 12

environment

Answer 12

everything that surrounds and affects an organism

Question 13

community

Answer 13

all organisms in an ecosystem

Question 14

population

Answer 14

all the members of one kind of plant or animal in a community

Question 15

rainforest

Answer 15

an ecosystem where it rains a lot

Question 16

desert

Answer 16

a dry ecosystem with sandy soil

Question 17

chaparral

Answer 17

an ecosystem that has wet mild winters but extremely hot, dry summers

Question 18

taiga

Answer 18

an ecosystem that is very cold

Question 19

coral reef

Answer 19

a type of ecosystem found in warm, tropical salt water and built on a structure of coral deposits

Question 20

What is the relationship between living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem?

Answer 20

The different temperatures of those nonliving things (water, sunlight, soil, and air) are quite different and determine what can live in each ecosystem.

Question 21

Fire is a normal part of the chaparral ecosystem because

Answer 21

Lightning strikes can ignite chaparral plants.

Question 22

All of the organisms of an ecosystem make up a

Answer 22

community

Question 23

All the members of one kind of plant or animal in a community make up a

Answer 23

population

Question 24

Write the four land ecosystes, their climate, location, plants and animals

Answer 24

Land Ecosystems:
1. Rainforest
- climate: sunny and warm
- location: near Earth’s equator
- plants & animals: birds, monkey and tree frogs.
2. Chaparral
- climate: wet, mild winters & extremely hot, dry
summers
- location: California, South America Eurasia, Africa
- plants & animals: shrubby, fire-resistant oaks, pines,
and brush
3. Desert
- climate: dry, temperatures are very high
- location: American West, Africa, Middle East, Asia,
South America, and Australia
- plants: cactus, desert tortoise, roadrunner
4. Taiga
- climate: very cold, winters are extremely long, cold and
severe
- location: northern part of North America and Eurasia
- plants & animals: pines, firs and spruce trees, moose,
deer and wolves

Question 25

Wildfires help some plant seeds open in a

Answer 25

fire.

Question 26

An area where it rarely gets very hot or very cold is a

Answer 26

temperate zone

Question 27

Name 3 types of water ecosystem:

Answer 27

1. salt water - location: warm tropical salt water - plants and animals: corals and algae, marine life 2. freshwater - location: streams, rivers, ponds, lakes - animals: trout, catfish, beavers 3. coral reef

Question 28

Because moose and volves can survive in a very cold, dry environment, they are often found in

Answer 28

Taiga ecosystem

Question 29

One life process is to make more of one's own kind, or

Answer 29

reproduce

Question 30

An ecosystem found in warm, tropical saltwater and built on a structure of coral deposits is a

Answer 30

coral reef

Question 31

An ecosystem with a lot of rain, plenty of sunshine, and warm temperatures is a tropical

Answer 31

rainforest

Question 32

An ecosystem is made up of

Answer 32

all the living and nonliving things that interact in an area

Question 33

To survive, all plants, animals, and other organisms need

Answer 33

water, energy, air

Question 34

Nonliving conditions in a desert are

Answer 34

extremely hot, sunny, and dry all year

Question 35

A tropical rainforest has different organisms than a taiga ecosystem because

Answer 35

its nonliving conditions are different, it has more rain, and it is much warmer