Vocabulary
Food Chains & Webs
Ecosystem Levels
Community Interactions
Characteristics of Life
100
An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.
What is a habitat
100
These organisms create their own food through photosynthesis.
What are producers?
100
Two or more organisms of the same species.
What is a population?
100
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
What is commensalism?
200
Non-living factors in a community are called..
What is abiotic factors?
200
These organisms are herbivores, therefore they are called ______________ consumers.
What is primary?
200
Includes all of the area in which life is found on Earth.
What is the biosphere?
200
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is harmed.
What is parasitism?
200
All living things are made of ____________________
What is a Cells
300
Something that only eats plants
What is a herbivore?
300
These organisms are typically at the top of the food chain. They are called ____________ consumers. (hint they come third in the chain)
What is tertiary?
300
One individual
What is a organism?
300
A relationship between two species in which both species benefit.
What is mutualism?
300
True or false. Living things have to be able to reproduce to be considered a living thing.
What is true
400
A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. Usually written on one line.
What is a food chain?
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
Two or populations of species.
What is a community?
400
An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
What is predation?
400
True or false. Reacting to the cold by having goose bumps or chattering your teeth is a response to your environment.
What is true
500
What is the owl able to eat?
What is the mouse or frog
500
What is the percentage of energy LOST as it moves from producer to primary consumer to secondary consumer?
What is 90%?
500
Includes all of the living and non-living things in an area.
What is an ecosystem?
500
Two or more organisms competing for the same resource.
What is competition?
500
Is growth and development a characteristic of a living thing.
What is Yes