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Worksheets9 GEO - Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
What is an ecosystem?
Landforms and weather
A community of living organisms & nonliving components of their environment, interacting as a system.
Having lots of different kinds of animals within an environment
Oceans, lakes, rivers & puddles
What are BIOTIC components?
Non-living organisms in an ecosystem
Amoebas & placebos
Having lots of different animals & plants in the one area
Living organisms in an ecosystem
What are ABIOTIC components?
Non-living organisms in an ecosystem
Living organisms in an ecosystem
Air, smoke, wind, fire, magma
Micro-organisms in petri dishes
What does ECOLOGY study?
The study of animals.
The study of water.
The study of how organisms relate to their environments.
The study of how organisms relate to water sources.
Photosynthesis is.....
A chemical process with plants produce water from cold air.
A chemical process through which plants produce glucose and oxygen from carbon dioxide using light.
A chemical process in which plants produce berries or seeds or fruits using light.
How you processing film negatives.
An example of a FOOD WEB would be....
Horse, man, swan, elephant
Grain, bird, spider, fly
Rat, cat, bat, hat
Grass, cow, man, dog
A log and a tree are examples of which 2 components of an ecosystem? (Hint: There are 2 answers here!)
Abiotic
Photosynthesis
Ecology
Biotic
Algae & plants are examples of.....
Producers
Consumers
Photosynthesis
Observers
What do consumers do in an ecosystem?
They shop
Destroy the environment
They exhaust all resources in an environment
Eat the producers
What is MIMICRY in biology?
What is a DECOMPOSER?
A dead musician.
Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms and wastes.
Something that produces food.
Organisms that create dead or decaying organisms and wastes.
Click on the TWO examples of DECOMPOSERS.
Lion
Giraffe
Fungi
Bacteria
Finish the sentence. Producers are......
Organisms that produce organic compounds for the entire ecosystem
The top of the food chain.
Organisms that produce non-organic compounds for a part of the ecosystem
Bacteria that helps make the air cleaner
Click on TWO examples of PRODUCERS.
Grass
Hyena
Berries
Shark
What is a CONSUMER? It is.....
Someone who shops a lot
The bottom of the food chain
An organism that gets energy by feeding on other organisms or organic matter as it can't manufacture its own food
Animals that only eat meat
Name something consumers CAN'T do.
Produce their own food
Consume other animals
Consume plants
Stop shopping
Choose the TUNDRA biome.
Choose the SAVANNAH biome.
Choose the TAIGA biome.
Choose the CHAPPARAL biome.
An organism that others may depend on for survival is called a(n):
Keystone species
Interdependent species
Diverse species
Vulnerable species
Coral reefs are essential for the survival of other organisms. They provide:
Microhabitats
Shelter
Breeding grounds
All of the above
What may cause a species to become less genetically diverse?
Isolation from members of its species
Low population numbers
Both A and B
None of the above
Ecosystem diversity, species diversity, genetic diversity all intertwine to create ______.
Vulnerability
Biodiversity
Interdependence
Recycling
Click on the examples of ECOSYSTEMS. Hint: There are more than one!
