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Terrestrial Ecosystem

By Atik Dian Anggraeni

Tropical rainforest is forest that grows in an area that is hot and wet for most of the year.

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The heat and rain allow the plants and trees to grow very well.

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Humidity is when the air in an area feels hot and wet.​

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​Tropical Rainforests

Open Ended

How will you describe this ecosystem?

Describe the layers of a tropical rainforest assigned in your group.

Describe the layers of a tropical rainforest assigned in your group.

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bee and flower

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

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orchid and tree

• mutualism

• predation

• commensalism

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rat and snake

• predation

• parasitism

• commensalism

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tiger and lion

• predation

• competition

• mutualism

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ant colony

• mutualism

• competition

• cooperation

Coral Reefs

What is a coral reef? What is coral bleaching?

See brief video to find out.

CoralReefs

Functions of Coral Reefs: Coral reefs are important for many different reasons aside from supposedly containing the most diverse ecosystems on the planet.

Importance:

protect coastlines from the damaging effects of wave action and tropical storms

Importance:

provide habitats and shelter for many marine organisms

Multiple Choice

Which of the following animals can we find in a mangrove swamp?

• Birds

• Amphibians

• Fish

• All of the above

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What is the significance of the Mangroves?

• natural barrier against violent storm surges and floods.

• mangrove forests are home to big fishes

• protects higland areas and speed up erosion.

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Which of the following is not part of the harsh environments mangroves endure

• High salt

• Hard ground

• Low oxygen

• Varying Tides

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Which of the following is not an adaptation of mangroves

• Aerial roots

• Buttress roots

• Open stomata

• salt glands

Multiple Select

Mangrove trees are experts at filtering... (choose 2)

• ...sediment

• ...oxygen

• ...water

• ...salt

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How can mangroves standstill in the waves?

• By their buttress roots

• By their prop roots

• By their pneumatophore roots

• By sunken stomata in leaves

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What are the living and nonliving things in an environment or area?

• predator

• producer

• ecosystem

• abiotic factor

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An organism that can make its own food

• decomposer

• producer

• consumer

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Breaks down and feeds on the remains of other organisms

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

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Small consumers that are hunted and eaten by larger consumers

• producer

• prey

• predator

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These organisms cannot make their own food; they must eat something for energy

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

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NON-living things found in an ecosystem

• biotic

• abiotc

• habitat

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LIVING things in an ecosystem

• biotic

• abiotic

• ecosystem

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Choose the producer.

• rock

• tree

• cow

• bird

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Choose the decomposer.

• grass

• elephant

• bacteria

• bird

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Choose the consumer.

• mushroom

• horse

• tree

• grass

Multiple Choice

Choose the abiotic factor.

• sunflower

• dog

• cat

• table

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The non living parts of an ecosystem

• abiotic factors
• biotic factors
• oxygen
• soil

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All of the different populations that live in a specific area.

• ecosystem
• habitat
• ecology
• community

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An abiotic part of an ecosystem; required by plants to perform photosynthesis.

• water
• soil
• sunlight
• oxygen

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An abiotic part of an ecosystem; this gas is required by all living things.

• oxygen
• ecology
• biotic factors
• jellybeans

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The place where an organism lives that provides it with shelter, food and water.

• ecosystem
• population
• community
• habitat

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The study of the interaction of living and nonliving things in the environment.

• biology
• ecology
• zoology
• psychology

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All the members of one type of species in a specific area.

• habitat
• community
• population
• ecosystme

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An abiotic part of an ecosystem; made of small pieces of rock, water and decaying matter.

• sunlight
• oxygen
• water
• soil

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All of the different populations that live in a specific area.

• community
• habitat
• ecosystem
• village