Something in the water?
What is name for the process of changing liquid to a gas?
Evaporation
A plant eating cow is called a ...
herbivore
Who was the scientist that came up with the theory of natural selection and evolution?
Charles Darwin
What is a predator?
Kills and eats other animals.
The lowest level of environmental complexity that includes living and nonliving factors is the ...
a. Community
B. Ecosystem
C. Biome
Ecosystem
What is the repeated movement of water between Earth's surface and the atmosphere called?
Water Cycle
Wolves are considered a ....
a. Primary Consumer
b. Secondary Consumer
C. Keystone species
D. Both B and C
D, both a keystone species and a secondary consumer
A deciduous tree has what characteristics?
Leaves that range color and fall off
What is the competitive exclusion principle?
No two species can occupy the same niche in the same habitat at the same time.
List the classification pyramid starting with Kingdom
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
Estuary
What animals eat both producers and consumers?
Omnivores
What are the three factors that determine an organisms niche?
Find food, don't be food, reproduce
What type of relationship is it when one thing benefits and the other is unbothered?
Commensalism
What is the total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level called?
Biomass
What word means the same thing as consumer?
A. Autotroph
B. Heterotroph
C. Producer
D. Carbohydrate.
Heterotroph
What are animals that eat the carcasses of other animals called?
Scavengers
What is the base of all ecological food pyramids?
Primary producers
Autotrophs either capture energy from the sun using photosynthesis or use chemicals in a process called (blank) to produce energy.
chemosynthesis
Different species can share the same habitat, but competition among them is reduced if they ...
a. occupy different niches
b. increase their populations
c. eat less
d. reproduce at different times
Different niches
What is the name for the loss of water from a plant through its leaves?
Transpiration.
What are the two ways that energy is lost as between trophic levels?
- heat and life functions
What are the four factors that affect climate?
ocean currents/ wind patters, latitude and solar energy, greenhouse effect, shape of the land.
Organisms that break down organic matter and create detritus are called
decomposers
Which biome is very tough for organisms to live in, has long bitterly cold winters, short summers, and is home to conifers?
Boreal forest