Ecosystems Vocabulary

Zebras, elephants, lions, and hippos live in the same ________________: the savanna.

• community

• ecosystem

• population

• species

Answer explanation

Freaky Fact: your stomach is an ecosystem inhabited by many different species of bacteria.

The Amazon supports a large ________________ of toucans.

• community

• biotic factors

• ecosystem

• population

Answer explanation

Toucans are birds with massive beaks (which they use to get food and attract mates).

Sunlight, water, minerals, oxygen, and carbon dioxide are examples of this.

• factors

• things

• abiotic factors

• biotic factors

Frogs, little fish, and crabs are all part of the ________________ in the pond at the bottom of the garden.

• plankton

• community

• population

• factors

These things are alive, and change an ecosystem.

• animals

• abiotic factors

• lions

• biotic factors

Answer explanation

A question can have more than one correct answer, aim for the one that's the most accurate!

The type of symbiosis displayed in the picture.

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• look at the cute birds and the crocodile!

Answer explanation

The species of bird that does this is the Egyptian Plover.

A butterfly starts out as an egg, becomes a caterpillar, which then becomes a pupa which finally turns into a butterfly, which then lays more eggs. This is an example of...

• symbiosis

• nature being awesome

• a cycle

• mutualism

Answer explanation

Pick the most relevant answer!

What type of symbiosis is depicted in the picture?

• parasitism

• commensalism

• a spiderweb in between an antelope's horns

• mutualism

Mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism are all types of the following natural phenomenon.

• life cycles

• organism

• nitrogen fixation

• symbiosis

Answer explanation

Can you think of any symbiotic relationships that humans have with other animals?

What type of symbiosis is depicted in the picture?

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

• symbiosis

Answer explanation

Freaky Fact: mosquitoes kill more people than any other animal in the world.