Vocab
What does Organic mean?
Living
What is a predator?
Something that consumes another living thing
What is a biotic factor? Give an example
A living thing in the environment
Name a producer in the Sonoran desert
Saguaro Cactus, Barrel Cactus, Brittle Bush, Prickly Pear, etc.
Trying to survive, competing for resources like food/water/shelter
What is prey?
Something living that is consumed by another living thing
What is an abiotic factor? Give an example
A nonliving thing in the environment
Name a prey animal in the Sonoran desert
lizards, snakes, birds, rodents
What is Adaptation?
The process of something changing to live in its environment more comfortably
What are producers?
Something that makes its own food (like plants and photosynthesis)
Name a biotic/biotic relationship in an environment
Plant/animal
Animal/animal
Bacteria/organic matter
Name a predator in the Sonoran desert
Rattlesnake, Hawk, Falcon, Mountain Lion
What is Ecology?
The study of the environment
What is an apex predator?
A predator that has no other predators; it's at the top of the food chain
Name an abiotic/abiotic relationship in the environment
Temperature/clouds
Terrain/bodies of water
Wind/erosion
Name an Apex predator in the Sonoran desert
What is Photosynthesis?
The process of turning water, sunlight and carbon dioxide into sugar and oxygen
It's how plants make food for themselves
What is a decomposer?
Something that helps break down organic material so the nutrients can be reintroduced back into the environment (bacteria, fungi)
Name a biotic/abiotic relationship in the environment
Plant/water
Animal/shelter
Plant/soil
Plant or Animal/Temperature
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