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What is an ecosystem
Question | Answer |
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What does the word Ecosystem mean? | ecological systems- populations and communities interacting together |
Do ecosystems include both living and nonliving things? | yes |
What is ecology? | the study of ecosystems |
In an ecosystem, what is a niche? | a role or job |
Why are ecosystems important? | energy flow and the recycle of carbon and nitrogen |
How can external factors introduced into an ecosystem be disastrous to that ecosystem? | it can distort the natural balance of interaction in the ecosystem |
What does the term biotic factor mean? | living |
What does the term abiotic factor mean? | nonliving |
What is a biome? | a large scale community of organisms shaped by common environmental conditions. |
What scale of ecosystem is a pond, puddle, tree trunk or under a rock? | micro |
What scale of ecosystem is a forest or large lake? | Messo |
What scale of ecosystem is a rainforest of the earth? | Biome |
What is it called when ecosystems blend together? | ecotone |
Population | groups of individuals in a species that live in a specific geographic area. |
Community | all the populations in a specific area at a given time - includes different species |
Biosphere | all the ecosystems established on planet earth |