Summative Questions

An environment is

• the place an animal or plant lives
• all of one kind of organism living in the same area
• everything that surrounds a living thing

An ecosystem is...

• all of one kind of organism in a n area
• all of the living and nonliving things in a place that interact with each other

• everything that surrounds a living thing

Which of the following is not a type of ecosystem?

• table

• ocean

• desert

• rainforest

Which of the following types of ecosystems would be the best one for a frog?

• ocean

• mountain

• pond

• desert

Which of the following ecosystems would be the best for a camel?

• desert
• forest
• ocean
• river

Interact means to _________________.

• act together

• grow

• build a home

• hide

Yoanna travelled to Yellowstone National Park. She found an eagle, grey wolf, and bison? Which region would it be?

• grasslands

• desert

• rainforest

• ocean

Malek observes all the populations that live in the same place. They make up a /an ______________.

• community

• ecosystem

• habitat

• ocean

What is a population?

• A community of organisms and the environment in which they live.

• All the organisms of the same kind that live together in an ecosystem.

• The place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive.

• The things both living and non living that surround a living thing.

Habiba observes desert ecosystem. Why do very few plants grow in the desert?

• the soil is dry and it does not rain much there

• there is not enough animals

• there is too much rainfall