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ecosystems 4th grade
ecosysytems
Question | Answer |
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Role of an organism in its habitat | niche |
system made up of living things and their environment | ecosystem |
Living things that can make its own food | producer |
living thing that breaks down dead plants or animals | decomposer |
group of parts that work as a unit | system |
living things that eat other iving things | consumer |
place that meets an organisms need | habitat |
property of a system in balance | stability |
average weather of a place over a long time | climate |
group of organisms living together and interacting | community |
amount of salt in something | salinity |
group of the same species living in the same place at the same time | population |
variety of plants and animals | diversity |
most natural sysytems have patterns that give them _______________ (balance) | stability |
The most basic parts of an ecosystem are ___________ & ______________ | living things & nonliving things |
A population is a __ community | part of |
some ecosystems include ____ living things because the ecosystems have a lot of space, food, and shelter | many |
In a mangrove swamp, the kinds of plants that can live there are limited by the ____ | salt |
Tropical rainforests and coral reefs are _____ that have a large variety of plants and animals | ecosystems |
the three levels of a ____________ are producers, consumers, and decomposers | food chain |
a group of parts that work together as a unit | system |
name the 2 types of systems | open & closed |
Name the 5 main nonliving parts of an ecosystem | air, water, temperature, soil, and sunlight |
what are the 3 levels of a food chain | producers, consumers, and decomposers |
define producer | an organism that makes its own food |
an organism that eats other living things | consumer |
an organism that breaks down the remains of dead plants and animlas | decomposer |
name 3 resources we get from a tropical rainforest | medicine, waxes, materials for building things, etc |
Where so most animals live in a rainforest | canopy |