Ecology 1
An organism that eats meat
What is a Carnivore
An organism that uses sunlight to create its food
What is a producer
any animal that feeds mainly on plants; plant-eater
What is a herbivore?
An organism that eats plants and animals
What is an Omnivore?
any living thing that feeds on both plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
Vulture is eating a dead animal it is a
What is a scavenger
Fish, dolphins, and turtles are examples of animals that live in which type of ecosystem?
What is an aquatic ecosystem?
An organism that feeds on dead and decaying organisms
What are scavengers?
Plants use this process to turn light into chemical energy
What is photosynthesis?
What is an organism that only eats plants
what is a herbivore?
In a food web the mushroom and bacteria are....
What are decomposers?
Air, water, and the Sun are all ......
What is are abiotic factors?
This term refers to the introduction of harmful substances or pollutants into the environment.
What is pollution
Any living thing that feeds on the waste of dead bodies of other living things.
What is a decomposer?
The study of interactions between organisms and their environment.
What is ecology?
The large-scale clearing of forests for agriculture or logging is a major human impact. What is the term for this process?
What is deforestation
Food chains that is interconnected/overlaps in a particular ecosystem
What is a food web?
At the bottom of the food pyramid, what are those organisms called
What are producers
What is the primary source of energy for most living things on Earth?
What is sunlight?
The living and nonliving things and the ways they interact in an environment (ex: redwood forest, swamp, Mojave Desert)
What is an ecosystem?
On the pyramid what is the organism that eats the producer called
What are primary consumers?
An area that is suitable for a particular organism to live in is called....
What is a habitat?
The living parts of an ecosystem are called...
What is biotic?
An animal that eats plants or other animals and does not make its own food.
What is a consumer?
All the populations living in one place ?
What is Community?
What can we do with items like paper, plastic, and glass to help the environment?
What are some actions that individuals and communities can take to lessen their impact on the environment and promote sustainability? Name at least 2
What are recycling, energy conservation, biking, reforestation, planting plants, etc. supporting conservation initiatives?
The variety of life on Earth, including genetic diversity, species diversity, and ecosystem diversity, is known as what?
what is biodiversity
What does bioaccumulation refer to?
What is the process of substances, usually pollutants, accumulating in the tissues of organisms?
Where do bioaccumulated substances usually come from in the environment? (what causes it)
What is pollution or contaminants in air, water, or soil (human impacts)
Human activities contribute to the increase in greenhouse gases, leading to global warming. What is the primary greenhouse gas emitted by burning fossil fuels?
What is carbon dioxide (CO2)
Why are trees/forests important?
What is provide oxygen and take up carbon dioxide, also homes for animals.