Vocab
Concepts
Vocab part 2
Questions
Random
100
organism that hunts and eats other organisms
Predators
100
More births than deaths
Population size increases
100
a group of the same type of organism in a specific area
Population
100
Do scientists want to collect more data samples or less data samples?
More data samples
100
An example of an indirect effect is... (think populations)
Competition
200
organism that is hunted and eaten by another organism
Prey
200
More deaths than births
Population size decreases
200
Population that eats other populations
Consumer populations
200
If there is an increase to a predator's population, what will likely happen to the prey's population size?
Decrease
200
T or F The sun, a river, a bear, and a fish can all be part of an ecosystem.
True
300
Process of creating offspring
Reproduction
300
Same number of births and deaths
Population size stays stable
300
Population that is eaten
Resource population
300
In this food web, the Zooplankton is the...
Resource population
300
Plants make their own food through this process
Photosynthesis
400
Organisms can use this to release the energy they need to survive
Energy storage molecules
400
Organisms in consumer populations get energy storage molecules from eating organisms in ____________. __________.
Resource populations
400
All the living and non living things interacting in a particular area
Ecosystem
400
Which two are in competition?
Moon jellies and Walleye Pollock
400
What happens to a population in competition if the other population size decreases?
It will increase
500
when 2 organisms are fighting for the same resources (such as food)
Competition
500
Two populations can compete for the same resource population. A change to one of these populations___________________________________________....
affects the size of the other.
500
A small part to represent what the whole is like
Sample
500
If the resource population decreases, what will likely happen to the population size of the consumer?
Decrease
500
In a mutualistic relationship...
both organisms benefit