Relationships (Topic 1)
Non-living organism make up these parts of the ecosystem
Abiotic
Herbivores, carnivores and omnivores make their own food.
Consumers
Earthworms break down decaying matter, and allow the matter's nutrients to go back to producers.
Decomposers
This information is gathered by scientists to be used as a starting point to compare changes in the environment
Baseline Data
The interaction between living and non-living things
ECOSYSTEMS
The living things in an ecosystem that can reproduce
Species
They are at the start of a food web and produce their own energy through photosynthesis.
Producers
Bald eagles eat dead matter. They are a group of organisms that eats dead or decaying matter from plants and animals.
Scavengers
When there are lots of frogs in a habitat, I know the land and water are healthy. Frogs are an example of a(n) ________ ________.
Indicator species.
Community
Parasitism, mutualism, and commensalism are three types of ________ relationships.
Symbiosis
The process by which organism use OXYGEN to break down FOOD and get ENERGY for cell functions.
Cellular Respiration
Organisms in this chain are dependent on each other. (E.g. Grass--> Rabbit --> Fox)
Food Chains
New species are introduced to a region and they are disturbing the existing ecosystems. They have no natural enemies and are reproducing quickly.
Bioinvasion OR Invasive Species.
The water cycle consists of these steps (list 3)
Precipitation, Evaporation, Condensation.
Commensalism
The chemical process of photosynthesis.
Carbon dioxide + Water --> Food/Sugar/Glucose
The possum plays dead to avoid being eaten by their prey. This is an example of ________ __________.
Behaviour Adaptions
Succession
Lichens and mosses starts to grow in the cracks of a cement sidewalk. This is an example of..
Primary succession
The Viceroy butterfly uses mimicry to look like the Monarch butterfly. This helps them survive in its environment. This is an example of _______ __________ (2 words).
Structural Adaptations.
the total mass of all organisms in an ecosystem
Biomass
Photosynthesis, respiration, combustion, and fossil fuel are all a part of this process.
Carbon Cycle
Over the course of its lifetime, the stingray accumulates large amounts of toxin from pollution in the water.
Bioaccumulation
Where waste is isolated, an completed degraded biologically, chemically, and physically.
Sanitary Landfills