Ecosystems

Question 1

Environment

Answer 1

All living things and non-living around an organism.

Question 2

Adaptation

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Species

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Community

Answer 4

The organisms that live together in an ecosystem.

Question 5

Biotic

Answer 5

Living things in an ecosystem.

Question 6

Abiotic

Answer 6

Non-living things in an ecosystem.

Question 7

Niche

Answer 7

The role each species plays in its community.

Question 8

Ecosystem

Answer 8

An area in which living and non-living things interact.

Question 9

Population

Answer 9

Contains all of the same organism in a community

Question 10

Habitat

Answer 10

Where something lives. It’s home.

Question 11

Biome

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Taiga

Answer 12

Taiga is the largest biome on earth. This region typically has long, cold winters and short, mild, wet summers.

Question 13

Deciduous forest

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Deciduous forest can be found in United States, Canada, Europe, China, Japan, and Russia. It has 4 seasons with the average temperature at 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

Question 14

Rainforest

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Rainforests are located close to the equator. Rain forest are wet and warm all year. Average temperatures are 70 to 80 degrees.

Question 15

Grasslands

Answer 15

The weather in the grasslands varies greatly. It is cold in the winter and hot in the summer.

Question 16

Desert

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The desert covers 1/5 of the world. Antarctica is the largest desert. Deserts are both hot and cold with very little rainfall.

Question 17

Tundra

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The tundra is the coldest biome. It covers 1/5 of the world. It can reach temperatures of -50 degrees.

Question 18

Food Chain

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A cycle of series of organisms each decent on eat the arrow that points to them.

Question 19

Food web

Answer 19

An interaction of food chains

Question 20

Omnivore

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An organism that eats meat and plants

Question 21

Carnivore

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An organism that eats only meat

Question 22

Herbivore

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An organism that eats only plants

Question 23

Producer

Answer 23

An organism that uses the suns energy to make its own food

Question 24

Consumer

Answer 24

An organism that consumes producers

Question 25

Decomposer

Answer 25

Organisms that consume dead plants and animals