ecosystems

Question 1

biosphere

Answer 1

• Includes all the parts of the earths and its atmosphere well life exists and the living organisms in it.
  Extends from root systems to the underground to the ocean to the clouds

Question 2

biogeographical region

Answer 2

• the regions in our areas of animal and plant distribution which have similar or shared characteristics
  
  • divided by temperatures
    for example the longitude lines like the Tropic of Capricorn

Question 3

biome

Answer 3

• a region characterised by particular types of climate
  
  • like the weather systems the temperature the rainfall and conditions such as soil tap and also the plants and animals that are found within it
    for example deserts, rainforests, tundras, savannahs, grasslands, etc

Question 4

tundra

Answer 4

northern part of the globe, long cold winters, animals and plants must hibernate

Question 5

desert

Answer 5

Desert: both cold and warm , no rainfall, dry, not many things live here

Question 6

grasslands

Answer 6

every continent apart from Antarctica, large mammals, no trees, drought or flooding

Question 7

coniferous forests

Answer 7

also known as a taiga, temperature and rainfall , classic American forest, like in brother bear

Question 8

deciduous

Answer 8

Canadian forests, lose their leaves, leaves turn red

Question 9

tropical rainforests

Answer 9

warm and wet, watering trays, lots of rain, for example the Daintree rainforest

Question 10

aquatic

Answer 10

many biomes for example fresh, salt water, lakes, seas etc, water and fish live there

Question 11

ecosystem

Answer 11

A community of living things that interact with each other and with the environment in which they live

Question 12

community

Answer 12

• all different species
  
  • lions zebras elephants
    for example a community of sharks

Question 13

populations

Answer 13

• one species
  for example the population of black tipped reef sharks

Question 14

microhabitat

Answer 14

• a very small, specialised habitat
  for example the frog lives on a Lily pad in a pond

Question 15

habitat

Answer 15

• a habitat is the natural environment of an Organism
  
  • the place or location within the ecosystem when Organism lives
    for example, the frog lives in a pond

Question 16

niche

Answer 16

• the niche is the special role the Organism plays in its habitat and where it lives
  for example elephants they live on the grasslands, spread seeds colour eat the grass and reproduce