Ecosystem- Interactions | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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This game will help review the interactions among organisms in an ecosystem. Science Grade 6

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This food chain shows the sun, a producer, and consumers. What important part of the food chain was left out of this image?

Decomposer- needed to break down and recycle nutrients back into the soil

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What is a food chain in an ecosystem?

A food chain shows how different organisms eat each other within an ecosystem.

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What is a food web in an ecosystem?

A food web is all of the food chains interacting together in an ecosystem.

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What are some examples of limiting factors for populations in an ecosystem?

Competitions for food, space, water, etc... are all limiting factors for a population

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What happens to a population when there is more food in an ecosystem?

The population will increase

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What happens to a population when there is less food in an ecosystem?

The population will decrease

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Which animal populations are FIRST to be affected if the plankton in the aquatic ecosystem were to become extinct?

Penguins, Krill

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Which animal populations are FIRST to be affected if the krill in the aquatic ecosystem were to become extinct?

Seal, Squid, Seagull, Blue Whale

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What would happen in this aquatic ecosystem food web if the blue whale became extinct?

Blue whales eat krill so there would be more krill. Krill eat plankton so there would be less plankton.

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