Benefits of biodiversity
Biodiversity provides natural _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, essential for many things
resources
What is mutualism?
Mutualism is a relationship between to organisms where both of them benefit (Ex: a bee on a flower)
What is it called when people cut down forests?
Deforestation
What is a structural adaptation?
A change in an organism's structure
What are the seven levels of classification in order?
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
How does biodiversity provide meat for us?
The herbivores eat the plants and we sometimes eat them or their predators
What is commensalism?
Commensalism is a relationship between to organisms where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed (Ex: a remora fish on a shark gets a free ride and leftover scraps)
habitat loss is when _________
Organisms loose their habitat (usually because of humans)
What is a behavioral adaptation?
A change in an organism's behavior
As you go further down the classification system do organisms become more or less alike?
Less alike
Plants provide _ _ _ _ _ _ for us through photosynthesis
Oxygen
What is parasitism?
Parasitism is a relationship between two organisms where one organism is helped and the other is harmed (Ex: a mosquito biting a human)
How would eliminating a predator in a food chain hurt the herbivores (prey)?
The herbivores increase in population and there aren't enough plants to sustain them.
True or false: bird's hollow bones are a behavioral adaptation
False
Who was the first to name animals and plants?
Aristotle
_ _ _ _ _ provide jobs for farmers and food for everyone
Crops
What kind of interrelationship is a wolf killing a dear?
Parasitism
Removing a lot of fish from an area is called what?
Overfishing
Are orangutans using tools a structural or behavioral adaptation?
behavioral
What language is used in taxonomy?
Latin
Biodiversity provides _ _ _ _ _ _ fuels to make gas for cars
Fossil
What kind of interrelationship is a bird riding an emu?
Commensalism
What is light polloution?
Artificial light affecting the darkness of the night
Is a kiwi's inability to fly a structural or behavioral adaptation?
Structural
What two classification levels are used to determine a species's scientific name?
Genus and species