Vocabulary
An organism that only eats other organisms to survive is called a ...
What is a carnivore?
A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.
What is a biome?
The definition of biodiversity is _____________________.
What is the variety of different organisms living in a certain area?
The organism that requires another organism to survive (e.g. Cowbirds)
What is a parasite?
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?
These organisms are exclusively herbivores, therefore they are called ______________ consumers.
What is primary?
This biome includes bitterly cold, dry plains with only a few, short plants scattered around.
What is the tundra?
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 keyston species?
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.
What is prey?
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
What is commensalism?
These organisms are typically at the top of the food chain. They are called ____________ predators.
What is apex predators?
The two major types of water ecosystems.
What are freshwater and marine?
How can humans promote biodiversity?
Answers differ (avoid sensitive habitat, recycle, reduce waste, avoid pollution etc.)
A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.
What is a scavenger?
An organism that breaks down waste and dead organisms.
What is a decomposer?
This is a way to show how energy is moved through an ecosystem. Usually there is a lot of branching.
What is a food web?
The name of the largest biome in Canada
What is the Boreal Forest?
An organism that breaks down the bodies of previously living organisms?
What is a decomposer?
A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. Usually written on one line.
What is a food chain?
What is the percentage of energy LOST as it moves from producer to primary consumer to secondary consumer?
What is 90%?
List 3 of the 6 major biomes according to our learning.
What are the rain forest, desert, grassland, deciduous forest, boreal forest, or tundra?
This group of species are very sensitive to environmental changes and are usually the first to be hurt due to pollution.
What are indicator species?
A group of organisms that are physically similar and can produce viable offspring together.
What is a species?