Eco
Very little plant life
Tundra
Hot and Dry Climate
Desert
Resources that are used faster than replaced
Nonrenewable resources
Species that no longer exist
extinct
The remains of an organism from millions of years ago
Fossil
Many different types of organisms living in rainy tree-filled climate
Rainforest
This ecosystem is located in the North
Tundra
An ore
Space in a rock in the shape of an organism or an imprint
mold fossil
All the members of a species in the same area
Population
Filled with shrubs and contains bison and prairie dogs
Grasslands
Contains animals like scorpions, lizards or coyotes
Desert
Bits of rock, sand, shell and other materials that preserve the shape of an organism
sediments
Fossils that show how an organism lived
Trace Fossil
A scientist who studies fossils
Paleontologist
One way plants can cause change in an ecosystem
Overgrowth, invasive species, takes all the resources
One way a beaver causes change in its ecosystem
Taking down trees (habitats), building ponds, etc
Name 3 common NONRENEWABLE resources we use as fuel
Oil, Coal, Natural Gas
What is special about how amber or ice preserves fossils?
It preserves the whole body (soft and hard parts)
When two or more organisms need the same resources to survive
competition
What is the climate of a wetlands and what animals live there?
Mostly Humid climate filled with insects, ducks, alligators and others
Two ways humans cause changes in an ecosystem
Sudden changes like cutting down trees
Slow changes like climate change
Explain how organisms create some fossil fuels
After they pass their parts become buried and after millions of years their energy is stored under sediments eventually becoming useful energy for fossil fuels
What is special about how tar pits preserve fossils?
The preserve actual bone
A timeline that shows when organisms existed
Geologic Time Scale