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Define ecosystem. |
Interacting organisms and their physical environment. |
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Name and describe Australian ecosystems. |
Deserts; hot days and cold nights. Dry with rare rainfall.
Tropical and subtropical regions; humid and hot.
Mediterranean forests; hot dry summers and cool moist winters.
Temperate; mild temperature, neither too hot nor cold in its extremity. |
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Define producer |
Plants |
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Define consumer. |
Plant-eater (herbivore) |
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Define decomposer. |
Breaks down materials and returns nutrients to the soil. |
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What is a food-chain? |
A series of organisms dependent on the next to survive. |
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What is a food-web? |
A system of interdependent food chains. |
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Name five natural events that have impacted the Australian ecosystems.
(See hint for starting letter of each) |
1. Cyclones 2. Floods 3. Earthquakes 4. Bushfires 5. Landslides |
1. C 2. F 3. E 4.B 5. L |
