Ecosystems Review (Lesson 1-4)

Front

Which type of ecosystem is made up of grasslands and small shrubs? Options: prairie, wetlands, desert, deciduous forest

Back

prairie

Front

What is most likely to happen if most of a population of animals dies of disease?

Back

The food web will change.

Front

When a species no longer exists

Back

extinct

Front

Plants that make their own food are called:

Back

producers

Front

In a simple food chain, a frog eats insects and a snake eats a frog. What is the primary role of the frog in the food chain?

Back

To be a source of energy.

Front

What can help a nonnative (INVADER) plant crowd out other plants?

Back

It is not eaten by animals.

Front

What is the main source of energy in a food chain?

Back

sunlight

Front

In which type of ecosystem is the ground beneath the surface frozen all year?

Back

tundra

Front

Which type of ecosystem is made up of swamps and marshes?

Back

wetlands

Front

Decomposer

Back

An organism such as bacteria or fungi that eats the remains of animals.