Ecosystems
Which ecosystem is most affected by palm oil?
Rainforests
Does biodiversity make ecosystems more healthy?
Yes
List 4 uses for palm oil
cany, makeup, ice cream, shampoo, candle
What animal that lives in trees is affected by palm oil?
Orangutan
What is an ecosystem?
Interaction of living and nonliving things in an environment.
What is biodiversity?
Variety of life in an ecosystem
Do canola and soybean farms need more land or less land than oil palm farms?
More
Do canola and soybean farms need more land or less than oil palm farms?
More
Explain two benefits of the rainforest
Biodiversity, oxygen release, carbon dioxide absorbtion...
How do orangutans help trees?
They eat fruit and spread the seeds
What kind of eater only eats plants?
herbivore
How does the milkweed plant affect the Monarch butterfly?
Caterpillars feed on it
How would introducing a new tree-eating beetle to Indonesia to help get rid of palm oil trees affect the ecosystem?
At first, it would eat the palm oil trees and help o-tangs....
then it would start to eat rainforest trees and be harmful
Why are rainforests mostly found near the equator?
Right temperature, rainfall, sunlight
What kind of eater eats plants and animals?
onmivore
Describe a competition relationship among organisms
two organisms use the same resource/ eat the same thing
ex: mice and frogs eat crickets
What is a population?
A group of one type of living thing in one area
List three events that can be considered disturbances.
palm oil plantations
shopping malls getting put in
global warming
natural disasters
What kind of eater eats dead and decaying things?
decomposer
What is an invasive species?
Something that outcompetes native species