Environments
Name the order of environmental systems.
Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biome and Biosphere
What are the types of ecological factors?
Climatic factors (light, temperature, rainfall, humidity, etc.)
What is a consumer?
An organism that eats to obtain energy
Ostriches and gazelles: They feed next to each other and watch for predators, alerting each other to danger. Since the visual abilities of the two species are different, they each can identify threats the other animal would not as readily see.
NAME THE SYMBIOSIS
Mutualism
What is a population?
All the organisms of the same group or species that live in a specific area.
What are the main abiotic factors that influence plant growth?
light, temperature, water, and soil
What do we call organisms that perform photosynthesis and "produce" energy for everything else on Earth?
Producers.
6. Bacteria and the human colon: Bacteria live in the colon of humans and can feed off the indigestible food that the human body cannot break down (cellulose of plants). In the process of breaking down the food, the bacteria also make much-needed vitamins that the human body in turn can use to keep healthy.
Name the Symbiosis
Mutualism
Which environment system shows the nonliving parts of the environment?
Ecosystem
What is Biodiversity?
The number of species within a specific habitat.
What is the difference between producers and consumers?
Producers are plants that use photosynthesis. They create their own food. Consumers eat producers and other consumers. They can't make their food.
2. Tapeworm and animals: Tapeworms are segmented flatworms that attach themselves to the insides of the intestines of animals such as cows, pigs, and humans. Tapeworms get food by eating the host's (animal) partly digested food, depriving the host (animal) of nutrients
Parasitism
What is the difference between abiotic and biotic factors and give examples of each.
Abiotic: nonliving parts of an organism's environment, such as air currents, temperature, light, and soil.
Biotic: all the living organisms that live in an ecosystem: for example, food, shelter, reproduction, or protection
what is the Carbon Cycle?
The transfer of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again.
What is an animal that hunts other animals for food.
Predator
Hermit crabs and snails: Hermit crabs live in shells made and abandoned by snails
Commensalism
Describe the difference between habitat and niche.
Habitat is a place where a plant or animal lives. Niche is an organism's total way of life.
What is the Nitrogen Cycle?
The transfer of nitrogen from the atmosphere to the soil, to living organisms, and back to the atmosphere
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
Prey
Mistletoe and spruce tree: Mistletoe takes water and nutrient from the spruce, harming the tree
Parasitism