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Ecosystems
Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An organism that eats meat in order to survive. | carnivore |
| Every foot chain/web must start with these. | producers |
| Provide some examples of decomposers. | worms, fungi, mushrooms |
| What is an ecosystem made of? | abiotic and biotic factors. |
| One ant is considered an.... | individual or organism |
| In order to have a community you must have... | more than one population |
| A dog and a flea is an example of this type of symbiotic relationship. | parasitism |
| Explan mutualism. | A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit. |
| In commensalism.... | one organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed. |
| An consumer that eats only producers is an... | herbivore |
| An ecosystem only has enough food, water, space, and shelter to support a certain amount of organisms. This is called... | carrying capacity |
| What are the 4 limiting factors. | food, water, space, and shelter |
| Explain what would happen to the producers in an area if there was a drought. | They would begin to die, affecting the rest of the food chain. |
| I am the brain center of the cell. I control its functions. | nucleus |
| The process producers use to make food is called. | photosynthesis |
| I am the organelle that aids in photosynthesis. | chloroplasts |
| Cytoplasm is the.... | jellylike substance that fills the cell and holds the organelles in place. |
| If food was limited in an ecosystem, what would happen to the consumers that depend on that fod for survival? | They would begin to compete for food. Parts of the population may eventually die out. |
| A bear that eats fish and berries is an... | omnivore |
| What is the difference between a scavenger and a decomposer? | A scavenger does not "hunt" and kill its prey; it's already dead/decaying. |