Vocabulary
Food Webs
Ecological Succession
Ecological Succession/ Biodiversity
random ecosystem
100
What is it called when an organism has a certain role in their ecosystem
What is a niche?
100
What are the Apex predators?
The lion and Cheetah
100
This succession starts with barren land, or bare rock.
What is Primary Succession?
100
A high biodiversity means what for an ecosystem?
It will be more sustainable and able to recover quicker after a disturbance, lots of varieties of plants and animals.
100
This type of succession takes longer to reach climax community?
What is primary succession?
200
What is ecological succession?
How life returns a destroyed community or new community.
200
What are the producers?
What are grass, trees and shrubs?
200
A disturbance happens at the beginning of this succession and it leaves soil.
What is Secondary Succession?
200
What would the biodiversity have to be in order for an ecosystem to have a high sustainability? high or low?
High so that more organisms are able to survive a disturbance in the ecosystem.
200
When trees are cut down, this is called what?
What is deforestation?
300
The variety of life found in one location.
What is the biodiversity?
300
What is the decomposer?
The vulture
300
Pioneer Species, grasses and weeds, --------------, and small trees, Large trees
What is Shrubs and Bushes?
300
What is the difference in Primary and Secondary succession?
What is there is no soil in primary, but secondary starts with soil. Also, primary start with new land, secondary starts after a disturbance.
300
When two organisms both benefit from a relationship.
What is mutualism?
400
The ability to maintain a process, function, or environment over a period of time. To keep things going successfully.
What is sustainability?
400
Which organism feeds the most animals?
What is the rat
400
Forest Fire, ------------, small shrubs or bushes, big shrubs and small trees, large trees
What is grasses and weeds in secondary succession?
400
What is a disturbance?
Hurricane, forest fire, flooding, tornado, or blizzard.
400
When one organism benefits and one is harmed in a relationship
What is parasitism?
500
Climax Community is?
What is the last stage in ecological succession or the 6th stage? When everything is grown and has reached the best point.
500
The snake and the frog are?
What are secondary consumers
500
What are pioneer spices?
Liches and mosses in primary or grasses and weeds in secondary, or the first thing to grow in an ecosystem.
500
What would happen next if we left this park alone?
Small bushes would start to grow, then small trees, the more large large trees
500
When one organism benefits and the other is not affected.
What is commensalism?