Ecosystems

Question 1

What is an ecosystem?

Question 2

What does biotic mean and what are some examples of biotic organisms?

Question 3

What does abiotic mean and what are some examples of abiotic organisms?

Question 4

What are small scale ecosystems defined as?

Question 5

What are Global-scale ecosystems defined as?

Question 6

What are Global-scale ecosystems referred to as?

Question 7

What are producers?

Question 8

What are consumers?

Question 9

What are decomposers?

Question 10

What’s the difference between a food chain and a food web?

Question 11

Draw a food web for algae, microscopic plants, water flies, mayflies, sticklebacks, minnow, a poach and a heron.

Question 12

What is nutrient cycling?

Question 13

What are two examples of nutrients and what do they do?

Question 14

What are the three main natural sources of these nutrients?

Question 15

Draw a diagram to show how nutrients are transferred throughout an ecosystem.

Question 16

Why can changing one aspect of an ecosystem affect the entire system? Give an example.

(BLURT QUESTION)

Question 17

What are examples of sudden changes to an ecosystem and why does this affect the ecosystem more than a slow change to an ecosystem?

Question 18

How does the introduction of disease affect an ecosystem?

Question 19

How does extreme weather affect an ecosystem?

Question 20

How does the introduction of a new species affect an ecosystem?

Question 21

What are some examples of disruptive human activities and how do they disrupt ecosystems?

Question 22

Why does the removal of a top predator negatively affect the other organisms in an ecosystem?

Question 23

Define and describe all four stages of Eutrophication.

(BLURT QUESTION)

Question 24

What is the global distribution of biomes?

Question 25

What is the cause of the distribution of biomes?

Question 26

Locate where desserts, tropical rainforests, savanna grasslands and evergreen hardwood lie.

Question 27

Locate where tundra, taiga, deciduous forest and temperate grassland lie.

Question 28

Why do some biomes fall outside the general locations of biomes?

Question 29

Where are Tundras located and what are some of their characteristics?

Question 30

Where are Taiga located and what are some of their characteristics?

Question 31

Where are deciduous forests located and what are some of their characteristics?

Question 32

Where are temperate grasslands located and what are some of their characteristics?

Question 33

Where are deserts located and what are some of their characteristics?

Question 34

Where are tropical rainforests located and what are some of their characteristics?

Question 35

Where are Savannas located and what are some of their characteristics?

Question 36

Where are chaparral located and what are some of their characteristics?