Chapter 1
Consists of all the living and nonliving things around us.
What is the environment?
Species that only consumes plant materials for nourishment.
What is a herbivore?
A particular type of organism.
What is a species?
This biome includes upstate New York.
What is temperate deciduous forest?
When multiple organisms seek the same limited resource.
What is competition?
Substances and energy sources we rely on to survive.
What are natural resources?
Species that only consumes another animal species for nourishment.
What is a carnivore?
A group of individuals in a specific region.
What is a population?
This dominates the central portion of North America, where the bison room.
What is temperate grassland?
Multiple species use the same resources but only a portion.
What are coexisting species?
Includes oil, coal, and natural gas.
What are fossil fuels?
When one organism depends on another for benefits such as nourishment.
What is parasitism?
Inherited characteristics that enhance survival.
What is natural selection?
What is tundra?
When one species excludes another from using a resource.
What is competitive exclusion?
What is ecological footprint?
When a species consumes both plant and animal matter for nourishment.
What is an omnivore?
Accidental change in DNA.
What is a mutation?
Can be cold or hot regions with sparse precipitation.
What is desert?
When one species hunts, kills or consumes another species.
What is predation?
Conserving resources and maintaining functional ecosystems.
What is sustainability?
When organisms consume dead and decaying matter for nourishment?
What is a detritivore?
Variety of life across all tropic levels.
What is biodiversity?
This dominates northern Canada and Russia.
What is boreal forest?
When two organisms benefit from their interaction.
What is mutualism?