What's that mean?
All the living components in an ecosystem such as plants, animals, and bacteria.
What is biotic?
Organisms that feed mostly on plants.
What are herbivores?
a species that originated and developed in its surrounding habitat and has adapted to living in that particular environment.
What is a native species?
the relationships between members of two different species
What is symbiosis?
The species present in all 88 Ohio counties that is not a native species, but was not directly introduced by human actions
What are coyotes?
A group of individuals of the same species living and interbreeding within a given area.
What is a population?
Organisms that have the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter.
What are omnivores?
Species of plant or animal that outcompetes other species, causing damage to an ecosystem
What is an invasive species?
interaction between organisms or species in which both require a resource that is in limited supply (such as food, water, or territory)
What is competition?
The number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support sustainably is the ecosystem
What is Carrying Capacity?
A measure of all the different kinds of life you find in a given ecosystem.
What is Biodiversity?
Animals that are hunted and eaten by other animals.
What are prey?
Examples: Bees, butterflies, birds, and bats
What are pollinators?
Oxpeckers land on zebras and eat ticks and other organisms that live on their skin. The oxpeckers get food and the zebra get pest control
What is mutualism?
Emerald Ash Borers are an invasive species originating from Asia. Their presence in North America has caused the death of approximately 15 million Ash Trees. This human action introduced the Emerald Ash Borer to the United States.
What is accidentally harbored in shipping cargo from Asia?
A large, naturally occurring community of flora (plants) and fauna (animals) occupying a major habitat
What is a biome?
Organisms that must consume other organisms to survive.
What are heterotrophs?
The role of the otter in the food chain:
otters > sea urchins > kelp
What is a keystone species?
Fleas live on mammals biting them and feeding off their blood. Fleas transmit diseases including the bubonic plague. In some instances of extreme infestation the fleas can consume enough blood that the mammal dies from anemia and blood loss.
What is parasitism?
Iguanas and boa constrictors are not native to Florida and have become invasive. This human action is most responsible for their introduction to Florida.
What is discarding unwanted pets?
The specific area where an organism inhabits includes its role or function within an ecosystem and the interrelationships of a species with all the biotic and abiotic factors affecting it.
What is a niche?
Producers that use energy from sunlight to make energy through photosynthesis.
What are photoautotrophs?
Example: beaver - they build dams that change the flow of water creating slow moving pools
What is a Keystone Modifier?
Golden jackals that are no longer in a pack will follow tigers in order to feed on the remains of their kills. The tigers gain no benefit nor receive any harm from the presence of the golden jackals, but the latter get to enjoy a meal.
What is commensalism?
The human action that led to coyotes migrating to Ohio.
What is the removal of apex predators like bears and wolves?