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

All members of a same population.

Question 4

Community

Answer 4

Organisms that live together in an ecosystem.

Question 5

Biotic

Answer 5

Any living organism.

Question 6

Abiotic

Answer 6

Any non-living thing.

Question 7

Niche

Answer 7

A certain job or role that each factor plays in an environment.

Question 8

Ecosystem

Answer 8

A place in which biotic and abiotic factors interact.

Question 9

Population

Answer 9

A certain group of the same animal.

Question 10

Habitat

Answer 10

An area in which biotic factors live in.

Question 11

Biome

Answer 11

Regions of the world with similar climate, plantation, and animals.

Question 12

Taiga

Answer 12

The Taiga is the largest biome in the world, and it is also the 2nd coldest.

Question 13

Deciduous Forest

Answer 13

The thing that makes deciduous forests so special is that the trees (deciduous trees) lose their leaves before winter, or in autumn.

Question 14

Rainforest

Answer 14

The main fact about the rainforest is that it is the best home for colorful, diverse animals and plantation.

Question 15

Grasslands

Answer 15

The main facts about the grassland are that it is hot as well as cold and it consists mainly of grass and a few scattered trees.

Question 16

Desert

Answer 16

The desert covers about 1/5 of the earth. The main thing that people forget is that deserts can be hot as well as cold. The animals must also learn how to conserve water.

Question 17

Tundra

Answer 17

The tundra also covers about 1/5 of the earth. Animals and plantation in the tundra have to adapt to extreme cold temperatures, seeing as how it is the COLDEST biome on earth.

Question 18

Decomposer

Answer 18

An organism that eats dead plants or animals, like fungi.

Question 19

Consumer

Answer 19

An animal that depends on other animals or producers for food, like a deer.

Question 20

Producer

Answer 20

An organism that generates its own food with energy from the sun, like plants.

Question 21

Carnivore

Answer 21

An animal that only eats meat, such as a tiger.

Question 22

Herbivore

Answer 22

An animal that eats only plants and vegetables, like Nikhil, or a Zebra.

Question 23

Omnivore

Answer 23

An animal that eats meat and plants/vegetables, so basically a mix between a carnivore and a herbivore.

Question 24

Food Web

Answer 24

A group of interconnected food chains.

Question 25

Food Chain

Answer 25

A hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.