Vocab
Predator/Prey
Niche
Food Web/Chain
Limiting Factors/Carrying Capacity
100
organism that breaks down dead organisms
What is decomposer.
100
Carnivore is also known as a:
What is: Secondary Consumer
100
What is your niche as a human?
Answers will vary.
100
What are some examples of a tertiary consumer?
Answers will vary: humans, hawks, coyotes, etc.
100
something that prevents a population from increasing in size.
What is limiting factor?
200
The amount of organisms that can live in an ecosystem
What is carrying capacity.
200
An Herbivore is also known as:
What is a primary consumer.
200
What is an organisms niche?
What is role the organism plays in its environment.
200
What is an example of a decomposer?
Answers will vary: mushroom, fungi, worms, bacteria.
200
What physical cchange in the Sonoran Desert ecosystem would likely decrease the carrying capacity?
What is drought.
300
Species introduced to a new ecosystem, that has no natural predators.
What is Invasive Species
300
True or false an animal can be a secondary consumer and a tertiary consumer at the same time.
What is True
300
A catcus flower's role in the desert ecosystem is to provide food for other animals this is known as their:
What is niche
300
The original source of all energy is the
What is the sun.
300
When deer eat all the food in their environment what will happen next?
What is deer population will decrease.
400
Species originally from the environment.
What is native species.
400
Rattlesnakes feed on small birds, rodents, and even small rabbits. The relationship between rattlesnakes and rodents is considered a
What is predator/prey relationship.
400
What is the niche of a Saguaro Cactus?
What is to produce flowers to feed animals, provide shelter for animals, absorb and store water.
400
Some carnivores are animals that eat mostly other carnivores. These animals are considered to be top level predators or:
What is tertiary consumers.
400
Why is a secondary consumer's population smaller then a primary consumers population?
What is secondary consumers hunt primary consumers and it must be larger in order to accomondate the amount of food a secondary consumer needs.
500
What type of graph shows change over time?
What is line graph.
500
What would happen if a predator population died out?
What is the prey population would increase.
500
What would happen if animals did not fulfil their niche?
Answers will vary
500
What is the difference between a food web and a food chain?
Answers will vary.
500
What would happen if the giraffe population died out?
What is the lion population would decrease.
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