Limiting factors
When a big storm, like a hurricane strikes a ecosystem, some of the plants and animals will die.
What is a natural disaster?
The Eastern chipmunk and the Oak tree have a relationship where the both benefit
What is mutualism?
In a food chain, a squirrel would be the first animal in the chain
What is a primary consumer?
On a food web, a Raccoon and others would be hunting second trophic level
What is the third trophic level?
When people cut down trees for a living to get money the trees are growing slower and not going as fast as the many trees we cut down
What is deforestation?
When humans need more space to grow in size, cut down trees so they have farming land for food or more housing space
What are human factors?
The black bear and the flea have a relationship where the flea is getting a meal and the bear is getting harmed
What is parasitism?
In a food chain, a Falcon would be the last animal in a food chain
What is a tertiary consumer?
On a food web, a squirrel and others would be hunting first trophic level
What is the second trophic level?
When people urbanize an area in a forest of other ecosystems, animals living in the ecosystem lose there habitat
What is habitat loss?
Some plants rely on more sunlight than others, so meaning they can not grow there
What are sunlight levels?
The Oak tree and moss have a relationship where the moss gets a home on the tree and the tree is not harmed nor helped with the moss on it
What is commensalism?
In a food chain, an oak tree would be the first plant on the list
What is a primary producer?
On a food web, Bears and other creatures would be hunting third trophic level
What is the fourth tropic level?
When people hunt, they are killing out entire species for either for sport or for food
What is biodiversity loss?
When a insect that goes to an ecosystem with one of the many plants they like, the insect will eat that certain plant until there are no more in the area
What is a pest?
The Mangrove tree and the Mistletoe have a relationship where the Mistletoe is sucking the tree of its nutrients
What is parasitism?
In a food chain, a weasel would be the third thing on the chain
What is a secondary consumer?
On a food web, an oak tree along with some other plant would be feasting on the beginning of life
What is the first trophic level?
When people throw their trash out in an ecosystem, the ecosystems animals will most certainly be affected
What is pollution?
When a bacteria goes from one place where it is common to another place where it is not common, the bacteria will infect everything and make everything sick
What is a disease?
The coyote and the badger have a relationship that helps one another or helps only one of them
What is commensalism/mutualism?
On a food chain, the Sun would be the actual first thing on the food chain
What is the very beginning of a food chain?
On a food web, the sun would be feeding the plants on earth to give animals food
What is the beginning of life?
When humans dig for fossil fuel or other stuff, they tend to throw away unwanted chemicals in an area and harm it without knowing
What is mining?