WORD BANK: abiotic (3), adapted, biotic (2), limiting factor, meadow, mowed, rainfall, sunlight, water PLEASE, PLEASE UNDERLINE THE TERM….PRETTY PLEASE
(1) The types of plants that grow in the two ecosystems depend on the and factors found there.
(2) The factors that are shown in the picture are the grass and the trees.
(3) The passage mentions that the field does not get any other than . This would be a(n) factor that both the field and the forest depend on.
(4) The other factor that plants in these ecosystems need in order to grow is which is their energy source.
(5) The plants that grow tall in the forest, such as trees, receive (more or less) of the sunlight there.
(6) The other plants, such as grass, must be to shade.
(7) The passage also mentions that the field is regularly, therefore, tall trees cannot grow there and removes the of shade for smaller, sun-loving plants.
(8) So the kinds of plants growing in the field are more similar to those found in a which is a type of ecosystem with little shade.