Competition in Ecosystems
Source from which organisms benefit.
resources
Explain the difference between biotic and abiotic factors.
One is living, one isn't
A resource that can be replaced in a human lifetime
RENEWABLE RESOURCE
The basic building block of matter; made of electron(s), proton(s), and neutron(s)
atoms
Particles that vibrate close together in substance
Solid
Mountain lions and coyotes _____ for food resources because they eat the same type of food.
compete
Environmental interactions include the ______ between the living and nonliving factors in an ecosystem.
relationships
Clean water to drink and the foods we eat are _____ that are vital to human life.
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
The smallest unit of a compound
Molecule
The distinct form of matter
State
Competition becomes more important as the number of individuals _____or the availability of resources _____.
Competition becomes more important as the number of individuals INCREASES or the availability of resourcesDECREASES.
Plants and animals may compete over _____
resources
Many natural resources are
EVENLY OR UNEVENLY distributed around the world.
UNEVENLY
Solid material whose atoms are arranged in an ordered pattern
Crystal
The basic unit of an element
Atom
How does competition limit the amount of individuals in populations?
If there is more competition, organisms will have to work harder for resources and not all have the resources they need to survive.
In a forest habitat, how are the populations of rabbits and foxes dependent on each other?
Fox are predators and rabbit are prey
If the rabbit population goes down, the fox population would also go down. If the rabbits increased, so would the fox.
Describe the possible impacts in the future of using a renewable resource.
The resource could be renewed in the future.
Anything with both volume and mass
Matter
Particles move freely at a very fast speed
Gas
Energy of motion
Kinetic Energy
Energy that is shifted from warmer to cooler temperatures between two substances
Heat
Determined from the sum of potential and kinetic energy in a substance
total internal Energy
The energy that is stored in an object
Potential Energy
The energy of the motion of the particles in the matter
Thermal Energy