Unit 1 Ecosystems

Question 1

Habitat

Answer 1

A place an organism lives

Question 2

Biotic

Answer 2

Living things in an ecosystem

Question 3

Abiotic

Answer 3

Non-living things in an ecosystem

Question 4

Population

Answer 4

a species grouping (ex. Snake, Bird, Tree Population)

Question 5

Community

Answer 5

Organisms that live together in an ecosystem

Question 6

Niche

Answer 6

A role that each species plays in its community

Question 7

Environment

Answer 7

All living and non living things around an organism

Question 8

Species

Answer 8

Organisms that have similar characteristics and adaptations

Question 9

Adaptations

Answer 9

A structure of behavior that helps a species survive in their environment

Question 10

Ecosystem

Answer 10

An area where Abiotic and biotic things interact with each other

Question 11

Biome

Answer 11

Large community of living and non living things

Question 12

Deciduous forest

Answer 12

The biome we live in

Question 13

Desert

Answer 13

Hot or cold land with no trees

Question 14

Taiga

Answer 14

The largest biome in the world (Russian for forest)

Question 15

Tundra

Answer 15

Barren land also known as cold dessert

Question 16

Tropical rainforest

Answer 16

A hot wetland

Question 17

Grasslands

Answer 17

(Grass-land) Land made up f mostly grass.

Question 18

Producer

Answer 18

Something that makes its own food

Question 19

Consumer

Answer 19

Something that eats food and cant make it

Question 20

Decomposer

Answer 20

Something that eats dead things

Question 21

Herbivore

Answer 21

Something that eats only plants

Question 22

Carnivore

Answer 22

Something that eats only meats

Question 23

Omnivore

Answer 23

Something that eats both meats and plants

Question 24

Food web

Answer 24

Something made up of multiple food chains

Question 25

Food Chain

Answer 25

Something that tells how something is eaten