Ecosystems

What is an ecosystem?

• a group of animals that live together

• soil, water, air, and sunlight

• living and nonliving parts of an environment that interact with each other

• North America

Which of these is NOT an ecosystem

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What are the characteristics of a desert?

• animals and plants cannot live here

• days are hot

• gets very little rain

• nights are cool

What are most deserts close to?

• the equator

• water

• no patter

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Ecosystems can change over time.

• True

• False

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What is NOT a characteristic of a Tundra?

• winters are cold and long

• the ground is not frozen all the time

• summers are short and cool

• snow melts

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Name one plant that has a hard time growing in a Tundra.

• grass

• trees

• flowers

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What are the characteristics of Grasslands?

• Trees cannot grow here

• It barely rains

• Cold and cool winters, with hot and warm summers

• Many grass and plants

In the grassland ecosystem there are few

• animals

• trees

• insects

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Which is NOT a characteristic of a saltwater ecosystem?

• large body of water with lots of salt

• shallow by the coast

• organisms cannot survive in the deep

• deep outside off the coastline

• there is no salt in the water

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