Zoology
Ecosystems
Ecology
Nutritional Relationships
Vocabulary
100

Structure, formed from the tissues of both the young and the mother, nourishes a developing mammal embryo. 

Placenta

100

Hottest and diest biome. 

Desert

100

Animals that are active during the day are considered ?

Diurnal

100

A hawk captures ans eats a rabbit

Predation

100

An animal with a backbone.

Vertebrate

200

Type of symmetry that characterizes mammals.

Bilateral Symmetry

200

Found near the equator and characterized by abundant rainfall.

tropical rainforest

200

Plants are usually on this trophic level of a food chain. 

second

200

Bees feed on nectar from flowers and carry pollen from flower to flower.

Mutualism

200

Species that do not exist on Earth today. 

Extinct

300

Gnawing mammals like mice, beavers and squirrels. 

Rodents

300

Found at high mountain altitudes.

Alpine tundra

300

The maximun population size that an ecosystem can currently support is the ?

Carrying capacity

300

An orchid grows on a tree branch, neither hurting or helping the tree. 

Commensalism

300

All ecosystems can be either aquatic or ?

terrestial

400

Raise their young in special abdominal pouches. 

Marsupials

400
Characterized by harsh winters with freezing tempeture. 

Artic Tundra

400

A model showing all possible feeding relationships at each trophic level. 

Food Web

400

Wheat rust fungas grows on wheat, stealing nutrients from the wheat hindering its growth 

Parisitism 

400

An ecosystems ability to withstand and recover from changes. 

Stability

500

Odd-toed hoofed mammals, such as rhinoceroses, horses and tapirs. 

Perissodactyls

500

Characterized by well defined seasons and sufficient pecipatation

Temperate decidiuos forrest

500

The first organisms thta colonize a disturbed ecosystem. 

Pioneer species

500

A snake and an eagle both eat rodents from the same limeted aerea. 

Competition

500

The study of how living things interact is ?

Ecology

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