Ecosystems

“Ecos” Greek word for home

Variety of plants and animals

• A. system

• B. community

• C. diversity

Group of the same species living in the same place at the same time

• A. Producer

• B. Population

• C. Habitat

Amount of salt in something

• A. Water

• B. Baking Soda

• C. Salinity

Group of ogranisms living together and interacting

• A. Ecosystem

• B. Habitat

• C. Community

Average weather of a place over time

A. Day

B. Diversity

C. Climate

Property of a System in Balance

A. Niche

B. Consumer

C. Stability

Place that meets an organism’s needs

A. Climate

B. Habitat

C. System

Living thing that eats other living things

A. Producer

B. Consumer

C. Shopper

Group of parts that work as a unit

A. Dragon

B. DSI

C. System

Living thing that breaks down dead plants or animals for food

A. Niche

B. Choir

C. Decomposer

Living thing that can make its own food

A. McDonalds

B. Producer

C. Soda

System Made up of living things and their environment

A. Ecosystem

Role of an organism in its habitat

• A. Actor

• B. Game show Host

• C. Niche

Narrow strip of land that is covered by ocean water during high tides

A. Near Shore Zone

B. Open Shore Zone

C. Intertidal Zone

D. Energy pyramid

E. Food Web

The shallow area of ocean ater that provides a habitat for man forms of

life is the A. Near Shore Zone

B. Open Shore Zone

C. Intertidal Zone

D. Energy pyramid

E. Food Web

The deepest part of the ocean

A. Near Shore Zone

B. Open Shore Zone

C. Intertidal Zone

D. Energy pyramid

E. Food Web

A diagram that shows how food energy is passed on

A. Near Shore Zone

B. Open Shore Zone

C. Intertidal Zone

D. Energy pyramid

E. Food Web

Most Natural systems have patterns that give them

• A. Outputs

• B. Stability

• C. Inputs

The most basic parts of an ecosystem are

• A. Sunlight, soil and air

• B. living things

• C. living and nonliving things

A population is part of an ecosystem

True

False

In a mangrove swamp the kinds of plants that can live there are limited

because of the salt• True

• False