Populations and Ecosystem 1 Questions Answers 1) How did you find the article?

What kind of science do you think the article? 2) Explain what a system is. A system is a group of inter related parts working together to preform a specific task or function. 3) What kind of science do you think the article? Write a short summary 4) Who is the author What date was the article 5) A biome is described by it's____________, ____________, and __________. What date was the article? 6) Write a short summary How did you find the article 7) Is this infomative or persuasive?cite evidence A population is a community of organisims living together. 8) What is an Ecosystem? An ecosystem is a community of living and non living parts of an enviorment. 9) Why are plants an important part of any ecosystem? Plants are an important part of an ecosystem because certaint animals eat them and use them for shelter. Without the plants some animals may not be able to survive. 10) What provides the ultimate source of energy for most ecosystems? Sun 11)

What are 3 ways living things use the products of photosynthyesis? They use the products forsurvival 12) What are 3 ways that living things use the products of photosynthesis to perform life processes? For survival, to move, grow and reproduce. 13) What are the 3 roducts of photosynthesis? Oxygen, glucose 14) Photosynthesis takes place in a plant cell's_____ Chloroplasts 15) A place where an organism lives and that provides the organisms needs is called its Habitat 16) An organisms particular role or how it makes its living is called its_______ Niche 17) Consumers that eat both plants and animals are called ______ Omnivores 18) A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms is called a _____ Biome 19) Which land biome is extremely cold and dry? Tundra 20) Which land biome has the most diversity in organisms? Tropical rainforest 21) An organism that can make its own food is called a _____ Producer 22) The first organism in a food chain is always a _____

Producer 23) What do producers release as a result of photosynthesis? Glucose, oxygen and starch 24) Which biome recieves less than 25 centimeters of rain a year and may have large temperature shifts everyday? Desert 25) Organisms that obtain energy by feeding onother organisms The difference is the number of how many species. 26) Dead organisms and returns the raw material to the environment Increased dramaticly. 27) Consumers that eat only animals They can adapt, move, or die. 28) Consumers that eats both plant and animals Omnivores 29) Eats both plants and animal 9/10 30) Consumers that feed on the bodies of dead organisms Every hour. 31) What are the three levels or catagories that are used to tell how much trouble a species is in? Threatened, endangered, or extinct 32) What are animals needs affected by? There habbitat. 33) What animal has the biggest impact on survival of other animals?

Humans. 34) What are two things that nations have done to protect threatend and endangered animals? Made parks and preserves and passed laws. 35) What dose biotic and abiotic mean? Biotic- Never has been living.EX: OxygenAbiotic- Is or has been living.EX: Fish 36) What are the 8 biomes? Tropical RainforestTundra Tiaga MarineFreshwaterGrasslandDesertDecidous Forest 37) What is a biome? A biome is an area in the biosphere that is determined mainly by climate like tempature and rainfall. 38) What is food? Food is something that you eat that gives you energy, nutrition, and helps you grow. 39) Why do organisims need food? To survive, energy, nutrition, and growth. 40) List three ways that organisims use the food they consume. Growth, movement, and reproduction. 41) Describe how plants produce thier own food. Plants make their own food by taking energy that they get from the sun and turning it in to gluecose or starch. 42) What are humans? Humans are consumers 43) What are plants? Plants are producers.