Vocabulary
Lesson 1: Energy Flow
Lesson 2: Relationships
Lesson 3: Adaptation & Survival
Random MixSome
100
Something that restricts the growth of animals or plants
What are LIMITING FACTORS
100
Name 3 biotic factors all from the same biome
(answers will vary) must be all LIVING things
100
Name and label two animals that have a "predator" and "prey" relationship
(answers will vary)
100
An animal that hunts other animals for food is called___
PREDATOR; 2nd ORDER CONSUMER OR HIGHER
100
The one directional path that energy takes in an ecosystem as it moves from one organism to another
FOOD CHAIN
200
All of the animals/plants of one species within an ecosystem
POPULATION
200
Name a producer and its consumer
(answers will vary) should be PLANT and an ANIMAL that eats that plant
200
A relationship between two organisms that benefits both organisms is called....
MUTUALISM
200
Roses have thick thorns on their stems. Is this a "structural" or "behavioral" adaptation?
STRUCTURAL
200
A place where an organism lives and finds food
HABITAT
300
The size of the population an area can support
CARRYING CAPACITY
300
In a prairie ecosystem, would you expect a rabbit or hawk population to be larger? Explain your answer.
Hawk: Hawks are carnivores an on the top of the energy pyramid. Rabbits are herbivores, further down and in a larger section of the energy pyramid.
300
Name one way that humans change the abiotic factors in their habitat
(answers will vary) construction, pollution, changing waterways, road building, etc
300
Adult elephants for herds to surround and protect their young from predators. Is this a "structural" or "behavioral" adaptation?
BEHAVIORAL
300
A relationship between two or more different organisms
SYMBIOSIS
400
All the living and non-living things in an environment
ECOSYSTEM
400
What would happen to an ecosystem if the top predator were removed from the environment?
The number of consumers and producers under them in the energy pyramid would increase
400
List the 3 types of symbiotic relationships
Mutualism, Commensalism, Parasitism
400
A fawn lays very still to avoid being seen..... is this an example of "structural" or "behavioral" adaptation?
BEHAVIORAL
400
A characteristic, either structural or behavioral, that helps an organism survive in its environment
ADAPTATION
500
When an animal will look and act like a more dangerous animal as a way of protecting itself
MIMICRY
500
What percent of energy does each level of an energy pyravid receive from the level below it?
10%
500
Mutualism and Commensalism are examples of "interdependence". What does this mean?
organisms rely on another population of organisms for their survival
500
Describe an adaptation that is BOTH behavioral and structural
(answers will vary) Pufferfish: spiky body and will puff up when threatened Box Turtle: hard shell and will hide within it when threatened
500
The "job" or role that an organism has in a community
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