Earth's spheres
the part of the earth that contains land (earth's core, mantle, mountains, sand, metals, etc...)
What is the geosphere?
rainfall and temperature are examples of these types of factors
What is abiotic?
Koala are found in areas that have eucalyptus trees to support their limited diet. For this reason, Koalas are this type consumer.
What is a specialist?
The arrow in a food chain/food web indicates...
What is the transfer of energy?
organisms blend into the environment
what is camouflage?
the part of the earth that contains water (oceans, lakes, rivers, groundwater, glaciers, etc...)
What is the hydrosphere?
a group of organisms of the same species found in one area at a given time
What is a population?
an animal is hunted by a predator and then eaten immediately. The predator is this type of consumer.
what is a carnivore or omnivore?
The type of energy released from one trophic level to the next
What is heat?
a non-toxic organism mimics a toxic organism
What is (Batesian) mimicry?
The part of the earth that contains air (oxygen, nitrogen, water vapor, ozone, wind, etc...)
What is the atmosphere?
What is quantitative?
A sunflower belongs to this trophic level
What is a producer or autotroph?
one similarity between scavengers and decomposers
What is they are found anywhere there are dead organisms?
playing dead to deter predators
What is thanatosis?
The part of the earth that contains life (plants, animals, insects, humans, etc...)
What is the biosphere?
The place where an organism lives
What is a habitat?
Based on its feeding level, this organism would have the smallest population. (pick one: mouse, grasshopper, rabbit, flower, hawk)
What is a hawk?
The amount of energy transferred between trophic (feeding) levels
What is 10%
groups of prey working together to attack a predator
what is mobbing?
The frozen part of the hydrosphere; glaciers & sea ice
What is the cryosphere?
A fundamental _____ is the role an organism can occupy without competition.
What is a niche?
the difference between a food chain and food web
What is a food web is composed of several food chains?
A vine climbs up a tree. It steals nutrients from the tree and blocks the tree's sunlight. This relationship is an example of
what is parasitism?
casting off a body part when attacked by a predator
What is autotomy?