Vocabulary
The nonliving parts of an ecosystem, such as temperature and rainfall.
What are abiotic factors?
A region characterized by climate, soil, plants, and animals.
What is a biome?
A resource or condition that restricts population growth is called a ______________ factor.
What is a limiting factor?
An organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis.
What is a primary producer?
I don’t eat, but I help plants grow. I can be sunlight, water, or temperature.
What is an abiotic factor?
All of the organisms of the same species living in an area.
What is a population?
A biome found in water, such as oceans, lakes, or rivers.
What is an aquatic biome?
When a population grows too large for its environment, it goes above this.
What is carrying capacity?
An organism that eats producers.
What is a primary consumer?
I’m the first in the food chain and make my own food using sunlight.
What is a primary producer?
The maximum number of individuals an environment can support.
What is carrying capacity?
The terrestrial biome with the lowest rainfall.
What is the desert?
A limiting factor that depends on population size, like disease is called a Density ______________ factor.
What is density-dependent?
An organism that eats primary consumers.
What is a secondary consumer?
Wolves were reintroduced to which U.S. national park?
What is Yellowstone National Park?
Rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is precipitation?
The biome with the highest biodiversity.
What is the tropical rainforest?
A limiting factor that does not depend on population size, like natural disasters is called a Density _____________ factor.
What is density-independent?
An organism at the top of the food chain, eating secondary consumers.
What is a tertiary consumer?
How did reintroducing wolves to the park affect vegetation growth?
What is by keeping the populations of herbivores down so more plant life could grow?
The global sum of all ecosystems, where life exists.
What is the biosphere?
Give one example of a terrestrial biome.
What is tundra, desert, grassland, or forest?
Name two limiting factors that affect population size.
What are food, water, space, predators, disease, or natural disasters?
A species that has a disproportionately large impact on its ecosystem.
What is a keystone species?
Name a secondary consumer in Indiana.
What is a fox, coyote, raccoon, cat?