Ecosystems

Question 1

Environment

Answer 1

All living and nonliving things around an organism is its environment

Question 2

Adaptation

Answer 2

A adaptation is a type of behavior that allows a species to survive and reproduce in its environment

Question 3

Species

Answer 3

All members of a population are members of the same species. Organisms of the same species have the same general physical characteristics and other adaptations.

Question 4

Community

Answer 4

Organisms that live together in a ecosystem make a community (living things)

Question 5

Biotic

Answer 5

Biotic factors are living things in a ecosystem

Question 6

Abiotic

Answer 6

Abiotic factors are nonliving things in a ecosystem

Question 7

Niche

Answer 7

The role that each animal and species play in its community is its niche. Where an organism lives and how it gets its food is part of its niche

Question 8

Ecosystems

Answer 8

An ecosystem is where all living and nonliving things interact

Question 9

Population

Answer 9

Each population contains all of the organisms of the same kind of community, all members of of a population are members of the same species

Question 10

Habitat

Answer 10

A habitat is the animals home and where they live and find food

Question 11

Biome

Answer 11

Biomes are regions of the world with similar climate,animals and plants

Question 12

Taiga

Answer 12

The Taiga is the largest land biome in the world,the Taiga has long,cold winters and short,mild and wet summers

Question 13

Deciduous Forest

Answer 13

The Deciduous Forest can be found in the United States,Canada,Europe,China,Japan and Russia.The Deciduous Forest has four seasons,the average temperature is 50 degrees Fahrenheit

Question 14

Rainforest

Answer 14

The Rainforest is located close to the equator. The Rainforest is warm and wet all year long,the average temperatures range from 70 degrees Fahrenheit to 85 degrees Fahrenheit.

Question 15

Grasslands

Answer 15

The weather varies greatly,it is cold in the winter and hot in the summer. Animals that live in the Grasslands are mostly herbivores which means they only eat plants.

Question 16

Desert

Answer 16

The Desert covers 1/5 of the earth. Antarctica is the biggest desert. Deserts can be hot and cold with very little rainfall.

Question 17

Tundra

Answer 17

The Tundra covers 1/5 of the earth. It is the coldest biome on earth and can have the temperature of -50 degrees Fahrenheit.

Question 18

Decomposer

Answer 18

Are organisms that consume dead plants and animals. Bacteria and mushrooms are examples of decomposers.

Question 19

Consumer

Answer 19

Are organisms that get energy from eating producers or other consumers. Deer are an example of consumers.

Question 20

Producer

Answer 20

An organism that uses the sun’s energy to make their own food. Green plants are producers.

Question 21

Omnivore

Answer 21

An organism that eats plants and animals.

Question 22

Canivore

Answer 22

An organism that eats only meat(other organisms).

Question 23

Herbivore

Answer 23

An organism that eats only plants(other vegetation).

Question 24

Food chain

Answer 24

The food chain shows how energy flows through an ecosystem,(what organism eats what organism)

Question 25

Food web

Answer 25

A group of interconnected food chains

Question 26

Symbiosis

Answer 26

A relationship in which two different organisms live on close association with each other.