Ecosystems - 5th grade

What is an organism?

• A non living thing

• The place where animals live

• A living thing

• The place where animals sleep

What is an example of an organism?

• A rock

• An elephant

• The air

• Soil

What is an ecosystem?

• A community of living and nonliving things interacting with each other

• The community of living things

• The community of non living thing

Select all non-living things found in an ecosystem.

• Rock

• Animals

• Plants

• Soil

True or false: Animals live in an ecosystem where their needs are met.

• True

• False

What does interdependent mean?

• the ways animals talk to each other

• that living things depend on their interactions with each other and with nonliving things for survival.

• The area animals live in

• the needs of the living things

Pick all examples of an interdependent relationship in an ecosystem.

• The sun and the plants

• The bee and the flower

• The rock and the sky

• A snail and plants

What will happen to an organism if it does not have its basic needs?

• The organism will live

• The organism will die

What are species?

• when animals depend on each other for survival

• The habitat in an ecosystem

• a group of organisms that are similar to one another and can combine to produce offspring

• The non living things in an ecosystem

What can happen if a non native species was introduced into an ecosystem?

• The ecosystem could be damaged

• The ecosystem could be fine