Vocabulary
Food Webs
Human Impacts
Biodiversity
Misc.
100
An environment that provides the things an organism neds to live, grow, and reproduce.
What is a habitat?
100
These organisms produce energy through the use of photosynthese.
What are Plants?
100

Give an example of an invasive species

Kudzu, rabbits, Burmese python, cane toad, orb spider

100

The definition of biodiversity is _____________________.

What is the variety of different organisms living in a certain area?

100
The organism that a parasite lives in or on in a parasitism interaction.
What is a host?
200
The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving surroundings. This includes abiotic and biotic factors.
What is an ecosystem?
200
These organisms are herbivores, therefore they are called ______________ consumers.
What is primary?
200

Clearcurring trees to create a monoculture of grass and a few insects.

What is deforestation?

200

What is a keystone species?

The term given to a species that plays a very important role in an ecosystem. The ecosystem would fall apart quickly if this species dissappeared.

200
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.
What is prey?
300
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
What is commensalism?
300
These organisms are typically at the top of the food chain. They are called ____________ consumers.
What is tertiary?
300

What are 2 causes of desertification?

Deforestation, overgrazing and flooding

300
The two reasons biodiversity is important.
What are for economic reasons, medical reasons, scientific reasons, enviromental reasons?
300
A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.
What is a scavenger?
400

An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms.

What is a decomposer?

400
This is a way to show how energy in a food web is allocated. Usually there is a large base and a pointed top.
What is an energy pyramid?
400

What are greenhouse gases? Give an example.

Gases that increase the temperature in the atmosphere. CO2 Methane Water vapor

400

How do invasive species threaten biodiversity?

They outcompete native species for food and habitat, introduce diseases, and alter local ecosystems.

400
An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
What is predation?
500
A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. Usually written on one line.
What is a food chain?
500
What is the percentage of energy LOST as it moves from producer to primary consumer to secondary consumer?
What is 90%?
500

List 3 ecosystem services and give an example of each

Regulating climate control, purification

Provisioning food, water, raw materials

Cultural aesthetic, sport

Supporting photosynthesis, nutrient cycling

500

What is the leading cause of biodiversity loss today?Give another example

Habitat destruction and fragmentation driven by human activities like agriculture and urbanization.

Deforestation.

500
A group of organiss that are physically similar and can mate wit each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce.
What is a species?
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