Food chains & Webs
This shows how energy moves from plants to animals.
Food chain?
Sunlight, water, and temperature are examples of these non-living parts of an ecosystem.
abiotic factors?
A pesticide is used to kill these.
pests?
Burning coal, oil, and gas adds this gas to the air.
carbon dioxide (CO₂)?
This biome covers most of Newfoundland and has many evergreen trees.
Boreal Forest?
In a food web, these animals eat both plants and meat
omnivores?
A fox, tree, and mushroom are all examples of these.
biotic factors?
When animals or plants disappear forever, it’s called this.
extinction?
Using resources in a way that doesn’t harm the future is called this.
sustainability?
The first plants to grow on bare rock after a volcano are usually these.
lichens and mosses?
The first link in a food chain is always this type of organism.
producer (or plant)?
The soil in an area is an example of which type of factor?
abiotic factor?
Too much pesticide can harm these
other animals or plants (or “the environment”)?
The main cause of modern climate change is humans doing this.
burning fossil fuels?
This is the process where bare land slowly turns into a forest.
succession?
If all the plants in a food web died, these levels would run out of energy next.
consumers?
These two types of factors work together to make an ecosystem.
abiotic and biotic factors?
Having many different kinds of living things in an area is called this.
biodiversity?
Melting ice caps and rising sea levels are results of this global problem.
climate change?
The dark second highest layer of soil, rich in nutrients, is called this.
topsoil?
A diagram that shows many food chains linked together is called this.
food web?
A change in water temperature that kills fish shows the effect of which factor?
abiotic factor?
When the population of a species goes to 0
Extinction?
Name one way people can help slow climate change.
using renewable energy / planting trees / reducing waste (any valid example)
When a forest burns down and regrows again, this is called:
secondary succession?