UNIT B LOOKING AT ECOSYSTEMS
NAME ______________________________
Ch 1. ECOSYSTEMS Vocabulary
Lesson 1:
system: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
stability: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Lesson 2:
ecosystem: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
population: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
community: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Lesson 3:
habitat: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
niche: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
producer: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
food web: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
decomposer: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
energy pyramid: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
consumer: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Lesson 4:
climate: ______________________________________________________________________________________________
diversity:______________________________________________________________________________________
salinity:_______________________________________________________________________________________
Lesson 5:
intertidal zone:________________________________________________________________________________________
near-shore zone__________________________________________________________________________________________
open-ocean zone__________________________________________________________________________________________
Ch 1 Lesson 1 Review Questions
NAME ______________________________
Describe two ways in which the parts of a yard system interact.
How are inputs and outputs of a system alike?
What patterns show that a yard system is stable?
**CRITICAL THINKING**
How do areas of sunshine follow a pattern in a yard that has trees?
TEST PREP
A system that is in balance is said to have _______.
A. Openness B. Stability C. input D. output
Lesson 2 Review Questions
NAME _________________________
Why do some ecosystems include many living things?
Is a row of bean plants in a garden a population or a community? EXPLAIN.
What nonliving part of the mangrove swamp limits the kinds of plants that can live there?
**CRITICAL THINKING**
Contrast a population with a community. (difference)
TEST PREP: What might an ecosystem that has mostly pine or spruce trees be called?
A. mountain forest B. evergreen forest
C. deep woods D. green woods
LESSON 3 Review Questions
NAME ________________________________
What happens when two similar animals share a habitat?
What type of organism breaks down the remains f dead plants and animals?
How can one organism help control the population of another organism?
**CRITICAL THINKING**
What could happen to an ecosystem that had mice if cats were added to it?
TEST PREP
Which of the following is a producer?
A. fox B.chicken C. fungus D.grass
LESSON 4 Review Questions
NAME______________________________________
Where do most plants and animals live in a tropical rain forest?
Why is the salinity of salt water important for a living coral reef?
What are three resources from tropical rain forests?
**CRITICAL THINKING**
Why is it important to protect tropical rain forests and coral reefs?
TEST PREP
The floor of a tropical rain forest is covered with ________.
A. grasses B. dead plant material
C.blooming flowers D. animals
Lesson 5 Review Questions
Name _________________________________
How are plants that live in a salt marsh different from other plants?
What is at the base of a food chain at the deep-sea hydrothermal vents?
What is at the base of a food chain in the open ocean?
**CRITICAL THINKING**
How is a kelp forest the same as a forest on land? How is it different?
TEST PREP
An example of a saltwater community in the intertidal zone is ____
A. a kelp forest B.a salt marsh
C.a deep-sea hydrothermal vent D.the open sea
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