Unit 7
What is the title for Unit 7
What is Balance
What are living components of an ecosystem called?
What are biotic factors
Who can stand on one foot for the longest without losing balance?
Longest win
What is the first trophic level in a food chain?
What are the Producers
What is the largest internal organ in the human body?
What is the Liver
What term describes maintaining stable internal conditions in an organism?
What is Homeostasis
Provide an example of an abiotic factor
What is:
Sunlight
Rain
Temperature (Teacher discretion)
What is ______?
What type of organisms eat plants?
What are the Primary consumers
Which hormone lowers blood glucose levels?
What is the Insulin
What type of system exchanges matter and energy with its environment?
What is an open system
What term describes balance in an ecosystem that allows organisms to survive?
What is Stability
Draw and label the four sections of the heart. Quickest/Most accurate wins
Teacher decide
What direction do arrows point in a food chain?
The direction energy flows
What organ regulates water balance in the blood through osmoregulation?
What are the Kidneys
What went wrong with the Biosphere II experiment? One example
What is:
O2 & CO2 imbalance
Foot shortabe
Interpersonal conflicts
Bacteria in the soil bloomed
What organism is used to measure environmental conditions in an ecosystem?
What are Indicator species
Name an animal with blue blood.
What is:
Horseshoe crabs, Octopuses, Squids, Cuttlefish, Spiders
Why are there fewer organisms at higher trophic levels?
What is because energy decreases as it moves up the food chain
What type of feedback loop maintains balance in many hormone systems?
What is the Negative feedback loop
What is a feedback loop?
What is a process where the output of a system acts as input for future iteration
What type of species is critical to an ecosystem because if it disappears the ecosystem collapses?
What are the keystone species
Draw an animal cell. Most accurate cell wins
Teacher decide
Why is food web generally considered to be better than food chain?
What is the food web shows multiple interconnected food chains.
What is:
Child Birth
Blood clotting
Lactation