Ecosystem Task Cards - NICHOLAS GLAESER | Biblioteka

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Which image best represents a community?

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Which image best represents a population?

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Which image shows a producer?

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Which image shows a consumer?

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Which of the following is NOT an example of an organism?

Soil

Phytoplankton

Fox

Oak tree

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of living things?

The ability to reproduce

The ability to respond to their environment

Does not need energy

Requires water

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Which of the following is an example of two organisms that most likely interact in an ecosystem?

Turtle and rock

Shark and deer

Flea and dog

Cat and water

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Which list contains only nonliving components that impact a beach ecosystem?

Salt water, sand, crab, seaweed

Salt water, algae, wind

Sand, sunlight, salt water

Seaweed, algae, crab

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What does it mean for an organism to perish?

To interact with another organism for survival

To die

To have more than enough resources for survival

To interact with a non-living thing for survival

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What does it mean for something to be nonliving?

It has no basic needs and was never alive.

It has perished and no longer depends on basic needs.

It requires basic needs and is alive.

It must eat other organisms to obtain energy.

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What does it mean for something to be once-living?

It has no basic needs and was never alive.

It has perished and no longer depends on basic needs.

It requires basic needs and is alive.

It must eat other organisms to obtain energy.

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What is a habitat?

All the living and nonliving things in an area

The environment of an organism

All the living and nonliving things that interact in an area

Relationships between living things

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What is the difference between an environment and an ecosystem?

An environment does not involve interactions and an ecosystem does.

An ecosystem does not involve interactions and an environment does.

An environment only involves nonliving things, and an ecosystem involves living things.

An ecosystem only involves nonliving things, and an environment involves living things.

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What is the difference between a population and a community?

A community involves only one species, and a population involves all the species living in an area.

A population involves only one species, and a community involves all the species living in an area.

A community is all the organisms that interact in an area and a population involves organisms that do not interact.

A population includes only living things and a community includes only nonliving things.

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What is the difference between a producer and a consumer?

A producer can be any type of organism, but a consumer is only human.

All animals are producers, and all plants are consumers.

Consumers can make their own food and producers cannot.

Producers can make their own food and consumers cannot.

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How are once-living and nonliving organisms similar?

Both are considered plants.

Both are consumed by consumers.

Both get decomposed by organisms like worms.

Neither requires resources for survival.

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Which term best fits in the blank?

Organisms

Species

Consumers

Communities

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Which word best describes the image?

Species

Nonliving

Ecosystem

Population

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Which of the follow lists a community?

Whales, foxes, sharks, and coyotes

Fish, squirrels, water, and sand

Cacti, duckweed, and roses

Foxes, deer, oak trees, and robins

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What do Labradors, beagles, German shepherds, and poodles all have in common?

They’re all in the same ecosystem.

They’re all the same species.

They are all producers.

They are all each others’ predators and prey.

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