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Ch. 6-Lesson 1-4
Lesson 1-4: Ecosystems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the two factors that describe organisms and habitats? | Biotic (organisms) Abiotic (Air, water, soil, temperature, & sunlight) |
| What is a niche in a habitat? | A role that an animal or plant has in a particular area of its ecosystem |
| What is called when both plants and animals live and need each other to survive called? | Interaction |
| What are plants classified as in an ecosystem? | Producers |
| What are living animals classified as in an ecosystem? | Consumers |
| What are the organisms that breakdown plants or animals to begin the first stage of survival called? | Decomposers |
| What is defined as a series of steps that involve energy transfer from one organism to another? | Food Chain |
| What are the 3 things that plants compete for to survive? | Sunlight, soil, and water |
| What are specific living areas to both plants and animals known as? | Environments |
| What are the factors (7) that limit the capacity of an organism? | Food, Water, Space, Shelter, Diseases, Predators, Life cycle |
| What type of ecosystem areas are considered to be warm, clear, shallow waters that produce algae for consumer fish to eat, survive, and make areas for living habitats? | Coral Reefs |
| What type of ecosystem are areas that have warm, rainy climates, a variety of plants exist in moisture due wet climate conditions? | Tropical Rainforest |
| What type of ecosystem are areas that have little rainfall yearly and organisms live in hot, dry conditions? | Deserts |
| What type of ecosystem areas are extremely cold, desert areas in high mountains or polar zones and animals have thick furs and mix very well to their environments? | Tundra |
| What type of ecosystem areas have harsh cold winters and its soil is very low in nutrients and evergreen trees? | Taiga |
| What type of ecosystem areas are swamp areas and near warmer coastal shores that are mainly salty regions where mangrove, and some grasses grow in salty conditions? | Coastal Wetland/Everglades |
| What type of ecosystem areas are the homes to many trees, like oak, maple, beech and small shrubs and plants? | Deciduous Forest |
| What type of ecosystem areas are found in the Midwest and Great Plains part of North America and its soil contents have rich nutrients that is great for farming? | Prairie |
| What are the life factors that balance both plants and animal in an ecosystem? | Food, Water, Space, and Shelter |
| What is a particular type of organism that live in the region (Animals or Plant Life)? | Population |
| What are considered to be the living organisms that exist in an ecosystem? | Biotic |
| What are considered to be the nonliving things that exist in an ecosystem? | Abiotic |
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