Ecosystems

Question 1

Ecosystems

Answer 1

An area where there living and non-living things interact.

Question 2

Community

Answer 2

Where organisms live together in an ecosystem.

Question 3

Niche

Answer 3

The role that each species plays in its community.

Question 4

Biotic Factors

Answer 4

Living things in an ecosystem.

Question 5

Abiotic Factors

Answer 5

Non-Living things in an ecosystem.

Question 6

Species

Answer 6

Organisms that have the same general physical characteristics and other adaptations.

Question 7

Environment

Answer 7

All the living and non-living things around an organism.

Question 8

Population

Answer 8

Contains all the organisms of the same type of community.

Question 9

Adaptations

Answer 9

The physical, mental, and behavioral changes in an organism to help it better suit its habitats conditions.

Question 10

Habitat

Answer 10

The place in an environment where an organism lives.

Question 11

Biome

Answer 11

A large, naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat.

Question 12

Deciduous Forest

Answer 12

A forest that has four seasons, found in six of the seven continents and leaves that fall off in Autumn. The average temp. is 50 degrees.

Question 13

Desert

Answer 13

A dry, barren area of land that is covered in sand or snow and is characteristically desolate, waterless, and without vegetation. It covers about 1/5 of the world and can be hot or cold

Question 14

Taiga

Answer 14

A somewhat swampy coniferous forest

Question 15

Tundra

Answer 15

A vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen.

Question 16

Tropical Rainforest

Answer 16

A luxurious forest found typically in tropical areas with consistently heavy rainfall.

Question 17

Producer

Answer 17

An organism that creates its own food from the Sun and other resources.

Question 18

Consumer

Answer 18

An organism, usually an animal, that feeds on plants and animals.

Question 19

Decomposer

Answer 19

An organism, usually a bacteria or fungus, that breaks down the cells of dead plants and animal into food.

Question 20

Herbivore

Answer 20

An organism that eats only plants.

Question 21

Carnivore

Answer 21

An organism that eats only meat.

Question 22

Omnivore

Answer 22

An organism that eats both plants and meat.

Question 23

Food Chain

Answer 23

A series of organisms in a chain, ordered by their feeding habits, with smallest on bottom, and biggest on top.

Question 24

Food Web

Answer 24

A series of organisms linked by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions.