Ecosystems Guided Lesson

Ecosystems Guided Lesson

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Poll

How was the STAAR TESTING? (Check all that apply)

• It was super fun

• I aced them

• I'm glad its over

• It was not good at all

• I did not take one or both

Multiple Choice

The living and non living things in an area make up an

• population

• community

• ecosystem

Multiple Choice

Abiotic means...

• Living

• Alive

• Non-living

Multiple Choice

Biotic means...

• Dead

• Non-living

• Living

Multiple Choice

What are the ABIOTIC factors in this image?

• water, sunlight, dirt, air

• birds and plants

• water, plants, and birds

Multiple Choice

What are the BIOTIC factors in this image?

• sunlight, elephants, and grasses

• sunlight, water, and air

• elephants, plants, trees

Multiple Choice

Which of these is ABIOTIC?

Multiple Choice

Which of these is best described as an organism?

Multiple Choice

A school of the same type of fish could be best described as

• an organism

• a population

• a community

• an ecosystem

Multiple Choice

A group of the same organisms living together in the same place at the same time is:

• An organism

• A population

• A community

• A biome

Multiple Choice

Which picture is best described as a population?

Multiple Choice

Which of these pictures best illustrates a community?

Multiple Choice

What are groups of different populations living togther in the same place at the same time called?

• An organism

• A population

• A community

• A biosphere

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Multiple Choice

An ___ is a community of interacting organisms and their environment.

• adaptation

• ecosystem

• invasive species

Multiple Choice

What level of organization can be observed in the image?

• Species

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

Multiple Choice

The study of the relationships between the living and non-living things in an environment.

• community

• food chain

• ecology

Multiple Choice

What role do plants play in the flow of energy within an ecosystem?

• consumers

• decomposers

• producers

Multiple Choice

Plants are called _____________ as they make their own food.

• consumers

• producers

• decomposers

Multiple Choice

What's the role of consumers in a food chain?

• Use sunlight to make food

• Eat other species and keep them from overpopulating

• Break down dead stuff

Multiple Choice

What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?

• Use sunlight to make food

• Eat other organisms to gain energy

• Break down dead organisms and add nutrients to the soil

Multiple Choice

True/False

Food webs show you everything an animal eats. Food chains show you one thing.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant

• Sun

• Deer

Multiple Choice

What does a food chain represent?

• How animals digest their food

• All the possible pathways of energy transfer within a habitat

• A single path of energy transfer within a habitat.

Multiple Choice

Why is a racoon classified as an omnivore?

• A racoon eats only animals.

• A racoon eats only plants.

• A racoon eats plants and animals.

Multiple Choice

Why is a deer classified as a herbivore?

• A deer makes its own food.

• A deer eats only plants.

• A deer eats only animals.

Multiple Choice

The snake is a predator to what prey in this food chain?

• frog
• grass
• grasshopper
• hawk

Multiple Choice

An animal that eats other animals is a....

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

Multiple Choice

All energy on Earth ultimately comes from what source?

• Water
• Sun
• Consumers
• Oxygen

Multiple Choice

What does a food web represent?

• ALL PATHWAYS of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.

• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.

• A SINGLE pathway or energy flow between organisms.

Multiple Choice

Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming FROM them in a food web?

• More than one organism may eat them.

• They may eat more than one other organism.

• This organism gets its energy from multiple sources.

Poll

How did you do on this ECOSYSTEM Lesson?

• Easy Peasy

• Pretty Good

• I could use more practice

• I need to re-take that :-(