Ecosystem and Water Sources Quiz

Ecosystem

• Ecosystem is a system where living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) things interact.
• Biotic components are the living parts of an ecosystem.
• Abiotic components are the non-living parts of an ecosystem.

Pollination

• Pollination is the transfer of pollen from one flower to another.
• Self-pollination is when pollen is transferred from one flower to the same flower.
• Cross-pollination is when pollen is transferred from one flower to another flower on a different plant.

Water for Life

• Water is essential for life.
• It's important in photosynthesis and cellular processes.
• Water is a source of oxygen.
• Common impurities in water include germs, contaminants, and disease-causing materials.

Food Web

• A food web shows the flow of energy between living things in an ecosystem.
• Primary consumers eat only plants.
• Secondary consumers eat other animals.

Water Sources

• Important water sources include snow, glaciers, rivers, lakes, and groundwater.
• Groundwater is found underground in rock that contains water.

Asexual Reproduction in Plants

• Asexual reproduction is when a plant makes a new plant without using seeds.
• Budding is a method of asexual reproduction where a new plant is created from an outgrowth off the parent plant.
• Fragmentation is when a piece of a plant breaks off and grows into a new plant.

Seed and Fruit Formation

• Fruit develops from the flower's ovary after pollination.
• Seeds are formed inside the fruit.
• The seed develops from the ovule within the ovary of a flower.