______________ is the study of the interactions among organisms and their environments.
Ecology
100
_______________ are the start of it all, organisms that make their own food, ex. plants
Producers
100
A __________________ __________________ is a chain showing how energy passes from one organism to the next
Food chain
100
__________ is a term used to describe close relationships between two biologically different species.
Symbiosis
100
The ___________ _____________ is a way that water moves all around the Earth.
Water cycle
200
A ______________________ is defined as a group of individuals that all belong to the same species.
Population
200
A _______________ is an animal that only eats plants.
Herbivore
200
A _________________ __________________ is a complex network of many interconnected food chains and feeding relationships
Food web
200
There are three types of symbiotic relationships:
____________________, ___________________, and ____________________
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
200
_____________ is when water is heated by the sun and changed to gas
Evaporation
300
A ____________________ is all the populations of different species in a given area.
Community
300
A carnivores is an animal that only eats other ___________________.
Animals
300
All food chains and webs must start with a ______________.
Producer or Plant
300
A clown fish is protected from predators by the sea anemone and the anemone is cleaned by the clown fish. This example represents ______________________.
Mutualism
300
_________________ is when water vapor is cooled by the cooler air temperature in the sky and it changes back to a liquid to form a cloud
Condensation
400
An ____________________ is a community of biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) factors that interact .
Ecosystem
400
Omnivores are organisms that eats both ___________ and ______________.
Plants, Animals
400
The ultimate source of energy in a food chain or web is _________________________.
The sun.
400
A cattle egret (bird) follows cattle and eats the insects that are stirred up by the movement of the cattle through the grass. This example represents __________________.
Commensalism
400
Precipitation is when the cloud is too full and the droplets make their way back down to the group. The four types of precipitation are __________________, ________________, ________________, and __________________
1) Rain
2) Sleet
3) Snow
4) Hail
500
The levels of organization in order are _______________, ________________, __________________, _______________, ___________________, and __________________.
1)Individual, 2)Population, 3)Community, 4)Ecosystem, 5)Biome, and 6)Biosphere
500
Decomposers are organisms that breaks down the unused dead material and turn them into nutrients in the soil, which plants use to grow. Name 1 type of decomposer.
Slug, Mushroom, Maggot, Bacteria, Fungi
500
In a food web or chain the arrows represent _________________________________________________
The flow of energy
500
Heartworms living in the heart or lungs of dogs and cats represents ______________________
Parasitism
500
________________ is when water is evaporated through the leaves of plants