Podcast
Questions and Answers
What are abiotic factors in an ecosystem?
What are abiotic factors in an ecosystem?
- Rocks, temperature, and humidity (correct)
- Plants, animals, and other organisms
- Tide pools and ponds
- Seaweed, abalone, and sea stars
How do biotic parts of an ecosystem depend on abiotic factors?
How do biotic parts of an ecosystem depend on abiotic factors?
- They have no connection to abiotic factors
- They control the abiotic factors
- They are not affected by abiotic factors
- They rely on abiotic factors for survival and adaptation (correct)
What does the text describe as a tiny ecosystem?
What does the text describe as a tiny ecosystem?
- Seaweed
- Clams or mussels
- Tide pools (correct)
- Hermit crabs
What do herbivores in tide pools primarily eat?
What do herbivores in tide pools primarily eat?
How do organisms like hermit crabs depend on the changing level of ocean water?
How do organisms like hermit crabs depend on the changing level of ocean water?
Primary consumers include animals that feed directly from plants, such as parrots and cows.
Primary consumers include animals that feed directly from plants, such as parrots and cows.
Producers in an ecosystem use sunlight, water, and minerals to make food.
Producers in an ecosystem use sunlight, water, and minerals to make food.
Decomposers in an ecosystem include earthworms, termites, fungi, and bacteria.
Decomposers in an ecosystem include earthworms, termites, fungi, and bacteria.
Secondary consumers feed off the primary consumers and other members of their group.
Secondary consumers feed off the primary consumers and other members of their group.
Flashcards are hidden until you start studying