Ecosystems

Question 1

What is the literal meaning of ecosystem ?

Answer 1

ECO: home
SYSTEM: system

Question 2

What is the equation of ecosystems ?

Answer 2

Community + Habitat = Ecosystem

Question 3

What is an ecosystem?

Answer 3

The organisms and plants found in a particular area in which they live

Question 4

What is within an ecosystem?

Answer 4

A community and a habitat

Question 5

What is a community?

Answer 5

The organisms within a habitat

Question 6

What is a habitat?

Answer 6

The area in which organisms live

Question 7

What are examples of communities?

Answer 7

Fish, microorganisms, water plants, turtles and frogs

Question 8

What are examples of habitats ?

Answer 8

Pond

Question 9

What is a niche ?

Answer 9

An organism has it’s own particular role or place in an ecosystem

Question 10

What is an example of a niche ?

Answer 10

Sparrows and squirrels both live in the leaf canopy

Question 11

What do sparrows feed on ?

Answer 11

Insects and larvae

Question 12

What do squirrels feed on ?

Answer 12

Acorns

Question 13

What do bacteria and fungi do ?

Answer 13

Recycle dead leaves back into the soil to provide minerals for the tree

Question 14

Why can squirrels and sparrows co-exist in the leaf canopy ?

Answer 14

They do not compete for the same food

Question 15

What are ecologists ?

Answer 15

Scientists who study the environment and the distribution of organisms in an ecosystem

Question 16

What does the distribution of organisms in an ecosystem relate to ?

Answer 16

Where exactly the organisms live in the ecosystem

The population of these organisms in the ecosystem

Question 17

What is environmental sampling ?

Answer 17

How organisms are distributed

Question 18

What does environmental sampling involve ?

Answer 18

Making observations

Collecting data samples of all the different organisms in an area