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3. Topic 1 – 10 Points QUESTION: The first organism to start of a food chain ANSWER: producer

4. Topic 1 – 20 Points QUESTION: The arrows in this food chain represents ___________ flow from __________ to ____________ ANSWER: Energy producer to consumer

5. Topic 1 – 30 Points QUESTION: How do carnivores and herbivores differ from each other and give an example of each. ANSWER: (type answer here)

6. Topic 1 – 40 Points QUESTION: What is the niche of a decomposer ANSWER: to recycle dead producers and consumers

7. Topic 1 – 50 Points QUESTION: If producers were taken out of a food web how could this affect the organisms in the food chains? ANSWER: They would die out

8. Topic 2 – 10 Points QUESTION: Define ecosystem ANSWER: A community of organisms and their nonliving environment.

9. Topic 2 – 20 Points QUESTION: The living component of an ecosystem ANSWER: community

10. Topic 2 – 30 Points QUESTION: The members of each species in a community and the name for their home ANSWER: Population ; habitat

11. Topic 2 – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: (type answer here)

12. Topic 2 – 50 Points QUESTION: Daily Double ANSWER:

13. Topic 3 – 10 Points QUESTION: An organisms job or function within its habitat ANSWER: niche

14. Topic 3 – 20 Points QUESTION: Natural process where ponds and lakes dry up and eventually grass and trees with grow ANSWER: succession

15. Topic 3 – 30 Points QUESTION: Name an organism that lives within two different habitats and give an example ANSWER: Atlantic salmon – freshwater and salt water

16. Topic 3 – 40 Points QUESTION: A habitat that is located inside an organism and an example of an organism that lives there ANSWER: Human stomach; bacteria

17. Topic 3 – 50 Points QUESTION: IF a species cannot adapt to changing habitats: what are their two alternatives. ANSWER: Move to a different habitat or die out

18. Topic 4 – 10 Points QUESTION: A path of energy transfer from producers to consumers ANSWER: Food chains

19. Topic 4 – 20 Points QUESTION: Arrows represent the transfer of _____________ ANSWER: energy

20. Topic 4 – 30 Points QUESTION: Which animals eat the primary consumers _______ And who recycles matter back to the soil ANSWER: secondary consumer and decomposers

21. Topic 4 – 40 Points QUESTION: Define food web and its make up ANSWER: The feeding relationship among organisms in an ecosystem ; its made up of connecting food chains

22. Topic 4 – 50 Points QUESTION: What is a Global food web ANSWER: include webs that begin on land and webs that begin in the water.

23. Topic 5 – 10 Points QUESTION: Name the levels of organization in the environment ANSWER: Individual=> population=>communities=>Ecosystems=>biome

24. Topic 5 – 20 Points QUESTION: url.htm If there was a decrease in food for the Elk, how will the different levels of organization be affected? ANSWER: Individuals may starve, or population may go extinct

25. Topic 5 – 30 Points QUESTION: What is an estuary ANSWER: Enclosed body of water where rivers flows into ocean water- mixture of fresh and salt water

26. Topic 5 – 40 Points QUESTION: Organisms living in an estuary must be able to adapt to ANSWER: Changing salt levels in the water

27. Topic 5 – 50 Points QUESTION: Where in the pond is the habitat of a freshwater amoeba ANSWER: on top of the pond water