Vocabulary
An organism that makes its own food using energy from the sun or other sources
Producer
An organism that obtains its food by feeding on other organisms or organic matter.
Consumer
The biome generally located near Earth's equator (between 30N and 30S latitudes)
Tropical Rainforest
Name 2 disturbances that can cause ecological succession
Volcanic eruptions, wildfires
How do scientists get a good estimate of a population in an ecosystem?
Mark and recapture
A system made up of all living organisms interacting with one another and their environment.
Ecosystem
An organism's function in its habitat, including its relationship with other organisms.
Niche
The biome that means "treeless plain"
Tundra
The first organisms that take hold in an ecological succession are called
Pioneer species
What is the mathematical formula for calculating a population estimate?
N = (M x S) / R
All non living components of an ecosystem.
Abiotic factors
When two or more organisms live together, and both get a benefit out of the living situation
Mutualism
Name one plant that is considered an epiphytes found in the tropical rainforest
Orchids and bromeliads
Each year, about 32 acres of land are formed this way:
Volcanic eruptions
Our opinons on how we should care for our world depend on our worldview. Define worldview
The perspective from which you live and see the world you. What you believe about God and people as well as what is truth, what is right and wrong
The organisms that break down the wastes or dead material from both producers and consumers.
Decomposers
A model that shows feeding relationships in an ecosystem.
Food web
Temperate Grasslands are also called ______. (There are 4 possible answers)
Prairie, steppes, pampas, or veldts
The process of ecological succession is/is not predictable and depends on ____.
is not predictable
which organisms arrive first to the scene
Define Conservation
The preservation, care and management of natural resources
When 2 organisms live in a relationship where one benefits while the other is neither harmed nor helped.
Commensalism
Herbivore: plant-eaters only
Carnivore: meat-eaters only
Omnivore: eat both plant and meatHow is the permafrost helpful when ecologists are looking at the historical information in the tundra?
Permafrost preserved plants and animals in the ice for long amounts of time.
Name 2 ways that organisms are brought in to an area that is growing from the ground up
come from neighboring environments, storms, wind, or other forces
List the 4 things that God commands Adam and Eve to do in Genesis 1:26-28
Be fruitful and multiply
Fill the earth
Subdue it
Have dominion over the fish, birds, and every living thing on the earth