carbon cycle
How does oxygen get into the water?
absorption from the atmosphere
How do living things adapt to the environment?
by natural selection
1 benefit and 1 harmed but not killed
parasitism
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather refers to short term atmospheric conditions while climate is the weather of a specific location averaged over a long period of time
what is overpopulation
occurs when a species' population exceeds the carrying capacity of its ecological niche.
What molecule do trees get their carbon from?
carbon dioxide
why is the food web important
to have a better understanding of plants are the foundation of all ecosystems
Both organisms benefit
Mutualism
why is climate change important
because if not taken seriously it can threaten every aspect of human life.
what is a con of population growth for an organism
loss of biodiversity, air and water pollution and increased pressure on land.
Where do primary consumers get the carbon from?
from eating plants
What is a food chain
A diagram showing the movement of energy from one living thing to another
What is bird cleaning out an alligator's mouth considered?
Mutualism
what's one way climate change affects us
increased wildfires
what is the difference between population and community
a population is a particular section, group, or type of people or animals living in an area or country, a community is two or more populations, living in the same geographical area at a particular time
Whats one thing that influences the carbon cycle?
Carbon moves from the atmosphere to plants
difference between food chain and food web
A food chain outlines who eats whom. A food web is all of the food chains in an ecosystem.
what is it called when two bobcats are fighting over a deer?
commensalism
what is the main cause of climate change?
burning fossil fuels such as oil, gas, and coal.
what is population
a particular section, group, or type of people or animals living in an area or country.
what is the carbon cycle?
It's a cycle going from the atmosphere into organisms in the earth over and over again.
Why food webs are more useful than food chains?
IT provides different organisms with more then one single food source to survive.
Yes some parasites that kill off the host are considered a predator and the host being the prey
what is climate change
long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.
10 billion people is the uppermost population limit where food is concerned.