Invasive Species
Invasive species are known for doing this; harming the native population.
What is destroying habitats?
The organism that makes energy, the beginning of the food chain.
What is a producer?
This reptile is a well known example of camouflage. This species was represented by "Jango" in the hit animated movie named after him.
What is a Chameleon?
A chemical pesticide serving as a good example for controlling toxins.
This is when the plant absorbs the nutrients of the nitrogen in the ground.
What is Assimilation?
Known as the most invasive species; this bird is known for their aggressive nature and vocal mimicry.
What is the European Starling?
The 2nd consumer in the food chain.
Another pop culture animal; this one is a bird known for mimicking human voices. Played as the character "Blu" in the movie "Rio"
What is a parrot?
Described as the effect of toxins as they are more and more concentrated.
What is biomagnification?
The process of decomposers breaking down nitrogen containing compounds.
What is ammonification?
This European settler brought pigs, cats, rats, and mice to the Caribbean.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Representing 1,000 Jules; this unit of energy is equivalent to 1/4 of a calorie. It is commonly used in food chains to represent energy flow.
A bear does this in the winter to conserve energy.
What is hibernation?
This bird was notably affected by DDT; resulting in the thinning of their egg shells and drop in reproductive ability.
What are Bald Eagles?
The process of converting nitrate back into its gaseous form of nitrous oxide.
What is denitrification?
An infamous invasive species found in the Florida Everglades. They originate from NortheastWHat China to Northeast India.
What is the Burmese Python?
An eagle is considered this if they eat the fish, who ate the minnow, who ate the seaweed.
What is a tertiary consumer?
A key to human adaptation was our good use of this ability; allowing us to take down large mammals for food.
What is social behavior?
Some of these pathogens can also be used as a pesticides.
The process where bacteria converts ammonia into nitrite, and then nitrate.
What is nitrification?
In the 1970s, this species got into the Mississippi River due to flooding. They are still there today.
What are Asian Carp?
If the producer has 100,000 Kilojoules; The secondary consumer will get this amount of Kilojoules.
What is 1,000 KJ?
A study in 1962 by John Marr showed that dogs showed this evolutionary behavior. They showed attachments to certain patterns shown to them at an earlier age in experiments.
What is imprinting?
These 3 substances are the most well known examples of biomagnification.
What are Mercury, Arsenic, and DDT?
The process of taking gaseous nitrogen (N2), into the useful form of ammonia.
What is nitrogen fixation?