What is water environment called?
Hydrosphere or Aquatic system
Define ecology.
Study of life
Does photosynthesis contribute to ecology?
Solar radiation is made available through the process.
Why do we study ecology?
Provides new knowledge about nature and interaction and relationship with communities.
Define autotroph.
An organism that can produce its own food
T or F: Energy is passed on through tropic levels.
False
Why should we plant trees?
To add Oxygen for animal life forms
What gas do we humans exhale?
Oxygen
Define niche.
The role, or way of life of a species within its environment.
Are Tor F Earth's resources finite?
True
Biosphere, biome, ecosystems, community, population
What are the levels of ecology?
Define Omnivores
Eating both plants and animals
What is the common number of links in a food chain?
Four
What does it mean to be interdependence?
The survival of species that is dependent on other living organisms and nonliving.
What is the ecosystem?
Ecosystem is the interaction occurring between non-living and living things.
Cover large areas and are characterized by their climate and the types of plants and animals that are found there
Give an example of a niche. Explain
Hawk and owl. Owls hunt during the night, hawks hunt during the day. If two species occupy the same niche they would constantly be in competition.
Are Humans abiotic? If not, what are these factors called?
NO, they fall under Biotic Factors.