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BIO/ABIO/ECO
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the two factors that describe organisms and habitats? | Biotic (organisms) & Abiotic (Air, water, soil, temperature, & sunlight) |
| What is a habitat to an organism? | A place that provides all the things an organism needs. |
| What is a population in an ecosystem? | The group of organisms of one species that live in that area at the same time. |
| Name (8) types of ecosystems that exist in the world? | Coral Reef, Desert, Tropical Rain Forest, Tundra, Taiga, Deciduous Forest, Prairie, & Coastal Wetland |
| What biome area is considered to be warm, clear, and shallow waters? | Coral Reef |
| What biome area is an area that have warm, rainy climates all year long? | Tropical Rainforest |
| What biome areas have little rainfall yearly? | Deserts |
| What biome areas are extremely cold, desert areas that are found in high mountains or polar zones? | Tundra |
| What biome area has harsh cold winters, and its soil is very low in nutrients for forests? | Taiga |
| What biome area is the homes to many trees, like oak, maple, and small shrubs and plants? | Deciduous Forest |
| What biome area is found in the Midwest and Great Plains part of North America? | Prairie |
| What biome area is our main swamp areas and parts that are near warmer coastal shores? | Coastal Wetland |
| What are the four examples of biotic life? | Animals, plants, fungus, & bacteria |
| What are the four examples of abiotic life? | Sunlight, water, soil, & air |
| What are communities of living and nonliving things in natural environment? | Ecosystems |
| What are organisms? | Living things that grow, change, produce waste, reproduce, and die |
| What are abiotic things or objects in an ecosystem? | Symbiosis connections that organisms need to survive in an ecosystem |
| What are producers in an ecosystem? | Plants that create their own food from the sun (100% Energy) in an ecosystem |
| What are consumers in an ecosystem? | Organisms that eat other organisms in an ecosystem |
| What are decomposers in an ecosystem? | Bacteria or fungi that breakdown dead plants or animals in an ecosystem |
| What are herbivores in an ecosystem? | Animals that get their energy from plant life (50% Energy) in an ecosystem |
| What are carnivores in an ecosystem? | Carnivores are animals that get their energy from eating other animals in an ecosystem (25 % energy) |
| What are omnivores in an ecosystem? | Animals that get their energy from both plants and animals in an ecosystem |
| What is defined as a series of steps that involve energy transfer from one organism to another? | Food Chain |
| What is the energy source that begins the ecosystems on land and the ocean? | The Sun |