Vocab
What is ecology
the study of living things and how they interact with each other
If I am an omnivore, what do I eat?
Plants and animals
What is the difference between a population and a community?
The population is the amount of a certain organism in an ecosystem. A community is all of the living organisms in an ecosystem.
What is the term used to describe a living thing?
Biotic factor
Give an organism that would finish this food chain: Algae-> plankton-> ??
Fish
What is the name for all living things in an ecosystem?
Community
If I am a carnivore, I eat what?
Animals/meat
What is the difference between abiotic and biotic?
Abiotic is non- living, biotic is living.
What is a niche?
an organisms job or role in the ecosystem.
When a producer changes CO2 and sunlight into energy, it lets out oxygen. This process is called what?
Phtosynthesis
What is the place an organism lives?
Habitat
What comes first in a food chain: the consumer or the producer?
Producer
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
A food chain is the transfer of energy between organisms. A food web is multiple food chains connected.
What is the term for a living thing that breaks down dead plants or animals
decomposer
Draw a food chain and a food web
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Define population
the number of a certain type of organism in an ecosystem
True or False: A primary consumer gets energy from a secondary consumer.
False.
Give 3 examples of living things.
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Put the following things into a category of biotic or abiotic: algae, lilypad, water, rocks, frog, mussel, trout, bird, sand.
Biotic-algae, lily pad, frog, trout, bird, mussel, algae
Abiotic, water, rocks, sand
Label or write the definition of each part of the water cycle: precipitation, accumulation, runoff, evaporation, condensation, transpiration
precipitation-water falls as rain, sleet, snow, or hail
accumulation-water gathers on the ground
runoff-water dripping or falling off of mountains into lakes, rivers, or streams
Evaporation- water rises from the ground from getting warm
Condensation- water cools off and turns into a cloud
Transpiration- plants sweat water out
What does abiotic mean?
Non living
What starts EVERY food chain? AKA Where do producers get their energy?
The Sun
Give 3 examples of non-living things.
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What is a herbivore?
an organism that eats only plants
Hunting, pollution, poaching, loss of habitat, humans