Vocabulary
Food Webs
Biomes
Biodiversity
Misc.
Succession
100

An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.

Habitat

100

These organisms produce energy through the use of photosynthesis.

Plants or Autotrophs

100

A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.

What is a biome?

100

The definition of biodiversity is _____________________.

What is the variety of different organisms living in a certain area?

100
The organism that a parasite lives in or on in a parasitism interaction.
What is a host?
100
What is the first species in a new location called?

Pioneer Species

200

The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving surroundings. This includes abiotic and biotic factors.

Ecosystem

200

These organisms are herbivores, therefore they are called ______________ consumers.

Primary consumers

200
The biome you would be in if you were standing on a bitterly cold, dry plain with only a few, short plants scattered aournd.
What is the tundra?
200

What is one of the three types of biodiversity?

Genetic Diversity. Species Diversity and Ecosystem Diversity.

200
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.
What is prey?
200

During primary succession, what process takes the longest that is also the reason secondary succession is much faster?

The creation of soil

300

A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

Commensalism

300

These organisms are typically at the top of the food chain. They are called ________ ___________.

Apex Predators

300
The two major types of water ecosystems.
What are freshwater and marine.
300

What locations on Earth has the greatest AND least amount of species diversity?

Greatest - Tropical Rainforest

Least - Artic

300
A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.
What is a scavenger?
300

Give an example of an event that would cause secondary succession to occur. 

Wild fire, flood, landslide.

400

An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms.

Decomposer

400

This is a way to show how energy in a food web is allocated. Usually there is a large base and a pointed top.

What is an energy pyramid?

400
The name given to trees that lose their leaves during the winter.
What is decidious?
400

Give one benefit of Biodiversity.

Boost ecosystem productivity

Larger amount of plant species means a greater amount of crops.

Healthy ecosystems can better withstand and recover from a variety of disasters. 

Greater species diversity ensures nature sustainability for all organisms.

400
An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
What is predation?
400

The final stage of both primary and secondary succession results in this...

Climax Community

500

A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. Usually written on one line.

Food chain

500

Give two effects the removal of the frog from this food web would have on other organisms.

Ex. Less food for the python and eagle. Dragonfly, butterfly, fruit fly and grasshopper populations would increase.

500

List 3 of the 6 major biomes according to our notes.

What are the rain forest, desert, grassland, deciduous forest, Taiga (coniferous forest), Ocean, Tundra and Artic?

500

List 3 Services a healthy ecosystem can provide. 

Protection of water resources

Soil formation and protection

Nutrient Storage and Recycling

Pollution breakdown and absorption

Contribute to climate stability

Maintenance of Ecosystems

Recovery from unpredictable events.

500

A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce.

What is a species?

500

Give an example of three different types of pioneer species. 

Lichen, Moss, Fungai.

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