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Ecosystems 1
Terrestrial and Aquatic
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| contains all the living and non-living parts of an area | Ecosystems |
| Ecosystems are made up of all the _______ that live in that area and their nonliving surrounding environment | organisms |
| The ____ and ______ parts of an ecosystem play a role in how the ecosystem function | living and non-living |
| The living parts of the ecosystem | biotic factors |
| The nonliving parts of the ecosystem | abiotic factors |
| Abiotic factors include these five items. | the temperature,water, soil, air and sunlight |
| Everything in an ecosystem including all of the animals, plants, water, soil, air, and sunlight ______ together | interact |
| Land based ecosystems including forest and grasslands | Terrestrial |
| Have many trees (with needles and with leaves), shrubs, grasses,ferns and a variety of animals | Forests |
| Forest usually get ____ rain than grasslands. | more |
| _________ in the forests may vary depending on where the forest is located | Temperature |
| have fertile soil and are covered with tall grasses. | Grasslands |
| Grasslands usually get a ______ amount of rain, but less than forests. | medium |
| Temperature may also very depending on where the grassland is ___ | located |
| Examples of animals that live in the grasslands | prairie dogs, bison, and grasshoppers |
| Water-based ecosystems may be fresh water(lakes and ponds) or saltwater (oceans, estuaries, and saltwater marshes). | Aquatic Ecosystems |
| _____ and ______ are bodies of freshwater that are surrounded by land | Lakes and ponds |
| ______ are usually shallower that lakes and the temperature of the water usually stays the same from top to bottom | Ponds |
| _______ and algae usually grow along the edges where the water is shallow. | Plants |
| Examples of animals in lakes and ponds may be diffrent types of ____, _______, ducks,____ or beavers | fish, amphibians,turtles |
| ____ are large bodies of saltwater divided by continents | Oceans |
| Oceans have many types of _____ depending on the conditions of that part of the ocean | ecosystem |
| These are conditions of the oceans | sunlight, temperature, depth, salinity |
| Most organisms live where the ocean is ____ because sunlight cannot reach deep and the wat is warm, making food abundant | shallow |
| Drifters in the shallow ocean water are | jellyfish or seadweed |
| Example of swimmers in the shallow ocean water are | fish |
| Crabs are examples of ____ in shallow ocean water | crawlers |
| ______ are thoses anchored to the ocean floor. | Corals |
| ______ float in the upper regions of the water. | Plankton |
| Some organisms live in the open _____, near the ______ or down to the deep ocean ______. | ocean, surface, bottom |
| These organisms swim to the surface to find food or air. | whales, turtles, sharks |
| These organisms stay and live closer to the bottom of the ocean. | certain fish, octopi, tubeworms |
| _____ are found where the freshwater rivers meet the oceans. | Estuaries |
| Estuaries are _____ than a river, but not as salty as the ocean | saltier |
| The amound of salt (salinity) changes as the ___ comes in and out | tides |
| Estuaries contain salt ____ with grasses and marsh plants adapted to this changing water. | marshes |
| Examples of animals that live in the estuaries/salt marshes may be | crabs, shrimp, blue heron, egrets and muskrats |
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