Ecosystems 1
An organism that eats meat
What is a Carnivore
An organism that uses sunlight to create its food
What is a producer
any animal that feeds mainly on plants; plant-eater
What is a herbivore?
any living thing that feeds on both plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
Vulture is eating a dead animal it is a
What is a scavenger
An organism that eats plants and animals
What is an Omnivore?
Many of the same species is a...
What is a population?
An organism that feeds on dead and decaying organisms
What are scavengers?
Plants use this process to turn light into chemical energy
What is photosynthesis?
In a food web the mushroom and bacteria are....
What are decomposers?
The process by which populations of organisms with variations that help them survive in their environment live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than those that do not have variations.
What is natural selection?
What is an organism that only eats plants
What is a herbivore?
Air, water, and the Sun are all ......
What is are abiotic factors?
Animals ____________ for food, water, territory, and mates.
What is compete?
Any living thing that feeds on the waste of dead bodies of other living things.
What is a decomposer?
bacteria, fungi, worms, ants, beetles, sow bugs
What are some examples of decomposers?
Food chains that is interconnected/overlaps in a particular ecosystem
What is a food web?
At the bottom of the food pyramid, what are those organisms called
What are producers
A change over a long period of time.
What is evolution?
A relationship when both benefit each other.
What is mutualism?
The living and nonliving things and the ways they interact in an environment (ex: redwood forest, swamp, Mojave Desert, humidity)
What is an ecosystem?
On the pyramid what is the organism that eats the producer called
What are primary consumers?
Living organisms in an ecosystem are called...
What is biotic?
An animal that eats plants or other animals and does not make its own food.
What is a consumer?
An area that is suitable for a particular organism to live in is called....
What is a habitat?
All the populations living in one place ?
What is Community?
An association between two different species where one organism benefits and the host is harmed....
What is Parasitism?
The role that an organism plays in the ecosystem is called...
What is a niche?
If you have the following food chain:
grass-->rabbit-->wolf-->human
What trophic level is human?
The 4th trophic level
If 100% of the energy is available to the 1st trophic level, how much energy will be passed to the next tropic level?
Daily Double: 10%
What is a similarity and a difference between and food chain and a food web?
S - Show trophic levels and feeding relationships.
D - Food webs show multiple food chains.
Describe what happened to the peppered moths or the giraffes.
Answers will vary.
What is the relationship between the mistletoe and the Juniper tree? Describe the relationship.
What is Parasitism?
The mistletoe benefits while harming the Juniper tree.