“Ecosystems #1: Intro” Quiz
#1. What is the biggest difference between biomes,ecosystems, and habitats?
Answer: The biggest difference is SIZE.
#2. True or false: a habitat is huge & includes all animals on Earth.
Answer: False!!! A habitat is the smallest one of the three types of areas becauseit’s a specific place where an organism lives.
#3. What kind of ecosystem does the anglerfish live in?
Answer: The ocean ecosystem.
#4. True or false: ecosystems only contain living things.
Answer: False! Ecosystems are filled with both living and nonliving things.
#5. What kind of part of an ecosystem would nonliving things like water and soil be?
Answer: Those are the abiotic parts of the ecosystem.
#6. What are some biotic parts of the Manitoba ecosystems?
Answer: Grass, birds, and rabbits.
#7. True or false: ecosystems interact with each other and are NOT completely separate.
Answer: TRUE! All the different ecosystems may seem separate, but they do interact with each other.
#8. What is the most common kind of animal in the world?
Answer: INSECTS! They are the most common animals & are found in every ecosystem.
#9. If you were as strong as a leafcutter ant for your size, what’ssomething you could carry in your mouth?
Answer: Our van!
#10. What do the leafcutter ants use the leaf pieces for?
Answer: To grow fungus. The leaf pieces are used to make pellets that are placed into a mat of fungus, acting as fertilizer and compost for the fungus.Later on, the ants eat that fungus. Yum!
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