5th Grade - In Class Assignment from STEMscopedia - Ecosystem

What is considered a species?

• group of organisms

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

• single self-contained living thing

Organism is . . .

• a species

• something that can reproduce

• single self-contained living thing

• an ecosystem that contains sunlight water air wind rocks and soil

What is an ecosystem?

• A type of weather pattern.
• A collection of rocks and minerals.
• A group of people living in a specific area.
• A community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment.

What are some examples of living things?

• rocks, water, air
• cars, buildings, computers
• books, pencils, paper
• animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms

What are some forms of Nonliving things?

• books, pens, paper
• cars, bicycles, motorcycles
• rocks, water, air, buildings, sunlight, soil, wind

• plants, animals, humans

True or False, Living things rely on Nonliving things in the ecosystem.

• True

• False

Name an interaction in an ecosystem. . .

• Trees providing shade from the sunlight to shelter organisms

• Birds

• a pencil writing on paper

What is a non-native species or what we also call an invasive species?

• New species could damage the balance and thus the ecosystem

• Nothing, this is nature

• the new species will help existing species

• The invasive species will create a concentration gradient that moves up the scale

What is a species that has significant value and impact in the ecosystem called?

• keystone species
• Invasive species
• Endangered species
• Dominant species

Name an example of an ecosystem?

• all of answers

• desert
• coral reef
• rainforest