Ecosystems

Question 1

Environment

Answer 1

All the biotic and abiotic factors that surround an organism

Question 2

Adaptation

Answer 2

A structure of behavior that allows a species to survive and reproduce in its environment

Question 3

Species

Answer 3

The same general physical characteristics

Question 4

Community

Answer 4

Organisms that live together in an ecosystem

Question 5

Abiotic

Answer 5

Non living things in an ecosystem

Question 6

Niche

Answer 6

The role that each species plays in its community

Question 7

Biotic

Answer 7

Living things in ecosystem

Question 8

Ecosystem

Answer 8

An area in which living and non living things interact

Question 9

Population

Answer 9

All the organisms of the same kind of community

Question 10

Habitat

Answer 10

A place in which an organism lives

Question 11

Biome

Answer 11

Regions of the world with similar climates, animals, and plants

Question 12

Taiga

Answer 12

The largest biome on Earth

Question 13

Deciduous Forest

Answer 13

Majority of trees are deciduous (they lose their leaves in the Winter)

Question 14

Rainforest

Answer 14

Has about 50% of the worlds animal population

Question 15

Grasslands

Answer 15

Manly grass with a few scattered trees

Question 16

Desert

Answer 16

Covers about 1/5 of the Earth. Very little rainfall

Question 17

Tundra

Answer 17

Covers about 1/5 of the Earth. Coldest biome on Earth. Nicknamed the “cold desert”.

Question 18

Decomposer

Answer 18

Organisms that consume dead plants or animals

Question 19

Consumer

Answer 19

Organisms that get energy by eating consumers or producers

Question 20

Producer

Answer 20

Organisms that use the Sun’s energy to make food

Question 21

Omnivore

Answer 21

Animals that eat both plant and animals

Question 22

Carnivore

Answer 22

Animals that eat meat

Question 23

Herbivore

Answer 23

Animals that eat plants

Question 24

Food Web

Answer 24

A group of interconnected food chains

Question 25

Food Chain

Answer 25

Organisms that are each dependent on each other as a source of food