Ecosystems

• ​What is a biome, and how is it different from a habitat or ecosystem?

  • Can you name some different biomes found around the world?

  • What do you think controls where certain biomes are located?

  • How do humans affect biomes like rainforests or oceans?

  • What can people do to help protect different biomes?

  • Do you think cities or farmlands could be considered a biome? Why or why not?

​If you could live in any Biome in the world where would it be?

Multiple Choice

Sunlight is an example of which type of factor?

• Competing

• Territorial

• Biotic

• Abiotic

Multiple Choice

A predator is an example of which type of factor?

• Competing

• Territorial

• Biotic

• Abiotic

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT a type of biome

• Tide pool

• Desert

• Tundra

• Taiga

Multiple Choice

Organisms that must consume food are

• Heterotrophs

• Autotrophs

• Producers

• Decomposers

Multiple Choice

Which might happen if resources dwindle?

• Cooperation

• Competition

• Recycling

• Transpiration

Multiple Choice

Which is beneficial to ecosystems?

• Pollution

• Interrelationships

• Humans activity

• All of these

Multiple Choice

What is the original sources for all energy?

• Sugar

• Plants

• Carnivores

• The Sun

Multiple Choice

What is a step in a food chain or web?

• Energy step

• Trophic level

• Feeding step

• Biomass

Multiple Choice

Which organism can be found at the bottom of an energy pyramid

• Carnivore

• Heterotroph

• Consumer

• Producer

Multiple Choice

Which organism must consume food from another sources?

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

• Producer

• Plant

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a decomposers?

• Plants

• Animals

• Fungus

• Algae

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a producer?

• Carbon

• Fungus

• Animal

• Algae

If time permits:
Research 3 different Biomes
Within each of your Biomes research the following
-3 Heterotrophs
-3 Omivores
-3 Autotrophs
-3 producers
-3 decomposers
-3 Biotic Factors
-3 Abiotic Factors