Retrieval #1

Question 1

What is an ecosystem?

Answer 1

a natural system made up of biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) components

Question 2

What is the role of producers in an ecosystem?

Answer 2

they convert energy from the Sun into biomass

Question 3

What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

Answer 3

they break down dead plants and animals, and return nutrients to the soil

Question 4

What is a food chain?

Answer 4

A sequence showing how different animals eat each other

Question 5

What global-scale ecosystem is found in a 10-20 north and south of the equation?

Answer 5

Tropical grassland (savanna)

Question 6

What type of climate is found in a tropical grassland ecosystem?

Answer 6

Hot with wet and dry seasons

Question 7

Name a global scale ecosystem found between 25-40 north and south of equator

Answer 7

Temperate grasslands

Question 8

What type of climate is found in temperate grassland ecosystems?

Answer 8

hot summers and cold winters with a wet and dry season

Question 9

Between what latitudes are temperate
deciduous forests found?

Answer 9

30°-60° north of the equator

Question 10

What is the typical vegetation found in
• deciduous forests?

Answer 10

broadleaf trees like oaks that lose their leaves in winter

Question 11

At what latitude are coniferous forests found?

Answer 11

50°-60° north of the equator

Question 12

At what latitudes are tropical rainforests found?

Answer 12

0°-10° north and south of the equator

Question 13

What is the climate like in a tropical rainforest?

Answer 13

hot and wet all year round

Question 14

How do tropical rainforests create their own water cycle?

Answer 14

High levels of evaporation and transpiration return moisture to the atmosphere

Question 15

•Why do soils in tropical rainforests have
few nutrients?

Answer 15

nutrients leach from soils because of heavy rainfall; rapid nutrient recycling means most nutrients are stored in the biomass

Question 16

How have spider monkeys adapted to living in a tropical rainforest?

Answer 16

they have prehensile (gripping) tails so they can move through the trees in the canopy

Question 17

Name a type of plant that has adapted to living in a tropical rainforest.

Answer 17

Lianas

Question 18

Where do consumers in an ecosystem receive
their energy from?

Answer 18

From eating producers or consumers

Question 19

how energymoves through theecosystem.

Answer 19

Sun is converters/ transformed into chemical energy, producers transfer into the animals that consume those producers. And so on

Question 20

Characteristics in tropical rainforests

Answer 20

Average temperature 27C. Rainfall high for 6 months of year.create own climate through water cycle. Rainfall rapidly returned to atmosphere how energymoves through theecosystem. through evaporation and transpiration, leading to more rainfall.more biodiversity than any other ecosystem,. Hot and wet climate ideal for plants and animal species to thrive. Few nutrients because they are leached by heavy rain. Nutrients stored in biomass rather than soil.

Question 21

How animals and plants adapt for tropical rainforests…

Answer 21

Gecko: Camouflage against predators,
spider monkey:good grip be able to grab onto Move through trees
Iliana’s: tight gripping onto trees
Waxy drip tip leaves to allow water runoff.