Vocabulary
What does the term ecosystem mean?
A natural system of animals, plants and their environment interacting with one another to maintain and thirve.
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What are producers?
Plants, algae or organisms that make food through the process of photosythesis
In your own words, what is an adaptation?
A genetic change in an organism that can have a positive or negative impact on that organism
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In your own words, what is natural selection?
The process in which nature "selects" a trait to be either good or bad for a specific environment, if it's good, the organism will thrive, and if it's bad, the trait will die off.
Who was the NFL mvp last year?
Josh Allen
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What is a heterotroph?
Something that needs to eat other organisms for energy
What are consumers?
Animals that consume other animals or organisms to gain energy
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What determines if an adaptation is good or bad for an organism?
The environment that the organism lives in
What adaptation happened to the mice in the valley of fire?
The valley had dark lava flows that cooled and made mice with lighter fur have less of an advantage in that area to survive.
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What is the name of supermans dog?
Krypto
What is an autotroph?
An organism that can make its own food through the process of photosynthesis.
True or false: the energy that plants use to create food is the same energy that apex predators gain from eating other animals
True
Does the process of natural selection take a short or long time?
A very long time
In our rabbit lab, what were the environmental factors that impacted the rabbit population?
Food and predators
What is darth vaders real name?
Anakin Skywalker
What do you call a species that is not natural to an ecosystem and has negative impacts on the ecosystem as a whole?
Invasive species
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What are decomposers?
Bacteria, fungi and invertebrates that break down and recycle dead matter
Are humans thumbs a structural or behavioral adaptation?
Structural
The winter environment
Life of a Showgirl
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What is ATP and how is it different than energy?
Energy is the ability to do work and ATP is something that helps store and release energy
Does the amount of energy in an ecosystem go up or down as you move up the trophic pryamid?
What is an example of a behavioral adaptation in an organism?
hibernating, hunting at different times of the day, ect.
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Who was the scientist who is known as the father of the theory of evolution?
Charles Darwin
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What is the oldest NFL team?
Arizona Cardinals - 1898