Demographics
A forest fire is an example of what kind of limiting factor?
What is density-independent?
The main source of all energy on earth.
What is the sun?
A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and orgaisms. Examples would include rainforest, tundra, and desert
What is a biome?
Riding a bike would be an example of this type of behavior.
What is learned?
Organism that eats other organisms for its energy
What is a heterotroph?
The largest number of individuals of a population that a given environment can support.
What is carrying capacity?
These organisms are herbivores, therefore they are called ______________ consumers.
What is primary?
Group of similar organisms that can breed & produce fertile offspring
What is a species?
This type of behavior describes organisms of the same species communicating with each other.
What is social behavior?
The type of heterotroph that eats both plant and animal products.
What is an omnivore?
These two patterns of movement contribute to an INCREASE in population
What are immigration and birth?
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? (or trophic)
group of individuals of same species that live in the same area
What is a population?
Name the type of behavior demonstrated ---> You say "bless you" after you hear someone sneeze.
What is a habit?
Type of heterotroph that breaks down dead mass for its energy
What is a decomposer?
These two patterns of movement contribute to an DECREASE in population
What are emigration & death?
The term given to a species that plays a very important role in an ecosystem. The ecosystem would fall apart quickly if this species disappeared.
What is a keystone species?
different populations that live together in a defined area
What is a community?
This type of behavior is NOT learned, it is instinctual (born knowing how)
What is innate?
These organisms are "self-feeders" that produce energy through the use of photosynthesis OR chemosynthesis
What is an autotroph?
This pattern will occur when there is an abundance of food and few predators for an organism
What is the percentage of energy GAINED as it moves from producer to primary consumer to secondary consumer?
What is 10%?
(90% is LOST by the next organism in the pyramid, usually as heat)
The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving surroundings. This includes abiotic and biotic factors.
What is an ecosystem?
What are pheromones?
Type of heterotroph that consumes/feeds on plant & animal remains and other dead matter
What is a detritivore?