Alive or Not Alive? The ECOSYSTEM
Ecosystem Vocab
Changes in the ECOSYSTEM
Ecosystem FOOD- yum!
SCIENCE terms
100
Anything Living (such as plants and animals).
What is BIOTIC
100
The place where an organism lives that provides things it needs.
What is HABITAT
100
The movement of organisms into a population (the population would Increase).
What is IMMIGRATION
100
Is a LION (that eats a zebra) considered the PREDATOR or PREY?
What is PREDATOR
100
An educated guess about the future (what you think WILL happen).
What is PREDICTION
200
Nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
What is ABIOTIC
200
More than one of the same kind of organism in a habitat (such as pine trees or deer).
What is POPULATION
200
Movement of organisms OUT of a population (the population would dEcrease).
What is EMIGRATION
200
The line of organisms formed based on what they eat... it always starts with a producer (plant).
What is FOOD CHAIN
200
An educated guess based on known information (what you think happened).
What is INFERENCE
300
Atleast 2 examples of parts of an ecosystem that are ABIOTIC.
What is Water, Sunlight, Soil, Air, Snow...
300
Any environmental factor that prevents a population from increasing (such as food, space, shelter).
What is LIMITING FACTOR
300
All the different populations that live together in an area (such as rats and cats in an area).
What is COMMUNITY
300
Set of food chains that shows their relationships.
What is FOOD WEB
300
What does DRY stand for?
What is Dependent, Responding variable, Y axis
400
An area that has the same climate and similar organisms (such as a desert or rainforest).
What is BIOME
400
A very specific type of organism (such as humans or flying squirrels).
What is SPECIES
400
The making of lots of buildings and parking lots (such as clearing land to build a mall).
What is URBANIZATION
400
An organism that breaks down organic matter- this is its niche.
What is DECOMPOSER
400
What does MIX stand for?
What is Manipulated, Independent variable, X axis
500
The study of how things interact with each other and with their environment.
What is ECOLOGY
500
An organism's particular role (such as producer, consumer, decomposer).
What is NICHE
500
The largest population that an environment can support.
What is CARRYING CAPACITY
500
In a FOOD PYRAMID that shows the energy levels available for organisms, is the HIGHEST energy at the bottom or at the top?
What is BOTTOM
500
*****DOUBLE JEOPARDY***** Which one is the Independent Variable (IV) vs the Dependent Variable (DV)? In the movie Up, the old man figured out how many balloons he could attach to his house (A) for it to float away (B).
What is A=IV B=DV
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