Question | Answer |
What is an ecosystem? | all the living and nonliving things in an area |
What is population? | a group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time |
What is a community? | made up of all the populations in an area |
What is a niche? | the role that an organism has in an ecosystem |
What is a habitat? | the place in which an organism lives |
Biologists have divided the world into regions called... | biomes |
What community has trees such as maple and spruce? | temperate rainforest |
Name the nonliving parts of an ecosystem | air, water, soil, temperature, and sunlight |
true or false: every part of an ecosystem has a role | true |
what animal mentioned in the chapter can use their paws skillfully for hunting and gathering? | racoon |
True or false: trees help squirrels by giving them food and shelter | true |
true or false: there is NOT a rain forest in the state of Washington | false |
In an ecosystem, each part interacts to meet each other's needs? | true |
A habitat is made up of.... | the soil, air and water, as well as the plants of the area. |
true or false: all the relationships among organisms throws off the balance of the ecosystem | false |
true or false: squirrels help trees by spreading seeds | true |
true or false: an organism's needs are met only by the living things in the ecosystem | false |
members of a community depend on each other to fill needs such as.... | food, shelter, and reproduction |
true or false: populations can grow in an area even if their needs aren't being met | false |
in this chapter, what is the animal that hunts in the temperate forest? | owl |