science

Question 1

What are all living and nonliving things that interact with each other known as?

Answer 1

Ecosystem

Question 2

What is a kind of organism that can reproduce?

Answer 2

Species

Question 3

What are organisms?

Answer 3

Any living things

Question 4

What are nonliving parts of an ecosystem?

Answer 4

Abiotic

Question 5

What are the living parts of an ecosystem?

Answer 5

Botic

Question 6

What’s the difference between an aquatic ecosystem and a terrestrial ecosystem?

Answer 6

Terrestrial is on land. Aquatic is underwater.

Question 7

Where does energy for all living things originate from?

Answer 7

The Sun

Question 8

Why are plants considered producers?

Answer 8

They produce energy

Question 9

Why are animals considered consumers?

Answer 9

They consume energy

Question 10

What’s the difference between herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores?

Answer 10

Herb: plant eaters, Carn: meat eaters, Omni: plant & meat eaters

Question 11

What are some ways that humans can change ecosystems?

Answer 11

Pollution, deforestation, overuse

Question 12

What are some ways that nature can change ecosystems?

Answer 12

Flooding, hurricanes, drought, tornados

Question 13

What needs to happen to have a healthy ecosystem?

Answer 13

Biodiversity

Question 14

What does biodiversity mean?

Answer 14

Many different species

Question 15

Who introduces nonliving things to the environment?

Answer 15

people

Question 16

What’s the best way to wipe out a species?

Answer 16

Eliminate its habitat

Question 17

What are plant and animal species whose numbers are so low that they are disappearing forever?

Answer 17

Endangered species

Question 18

What is the removal of the forest to make land available for other uses?

Answer 18

Deforestation

Question 19

What is the dying off or killing of something forever?

Answer 19

Extinction

Question 20

What is a plant or animal’s place that it naturally lives in or the environment that it normally lives in?

Answer 20

Habitat

Question 21

What are the factors that upset the balance of an ecosystem called?

Answer 21

Disruptions

Question 22

What is an animal that hunts and eats other animals?

Answer 22

Predators

Question 23

What is an animal that is hunted by other animals for food?

Answer 23

Prey

Question 24

What is an apex predator and describe how it interacts with its ecosystem?

Answer 24

A predator that has no natural predators that act as the population controller in an ecosystem.

Question 25

What are plants and animals that are not native to an ecosystem that cause harm when they are introduced to an ecosystem?

Answer 25

Invasive species