Water Lab
The gas needed for aquatic animals to live in the water.
Dissolved Oxygen
All the numbers of one species living in a particular area.
Population
The nonliving parts of an organism's habitat. Give an example.
Abiotic Factor, Water, Sunlight, Rocks etc.
An organism that can make its own food.
Producer or Autotroph
What form is energy released in when talking about the Energy Pyramid?
Heat
The amount of sediment that is suspended (floating) in the water as a result of moving water or current.
Turbidity
A living thing.
Organism
An organism needs these to live, grow, and reproduce.
Resources
Organism that obtains energy by feeding.
Consumer or Heterotroph
Oxygen, Photosynthesis
Organism that grows in ponds and can be harmful. Comes from runoff of livestock or sewage.
Coliform Bacteria
The number of individuals in an area of specific size.
Population density
Habitat
Organism that obtains energy by feeding on plants and animals.
Omnivore
Photosynthesis products are Oxygen and C6H12O6. What is C6H12O6
Glucose/Sugar
What does pH measure and what is a normal range for ponds and lakes.
Acid/Base, 6.5-8
The community of organisms that lives in a particular area, along with the nonliving environment.
Ecosystem
The parts of a habitat that are or were once alive and that interact with an organism.
Biotic Factor
On the board draw a food chain and circle the Level 2 Consumer.
Answers may vary
Organism that breaks down biotic wastes and dead organisms, returning raw material back to the ecosystem.
Decomposer
The 2 chemicals that promote growth of algae in ponds from agricultural chemical runoff.
Phosphates and Nitrates
All different populations that live together.
Community
This means leaving a population.
Emigration
What is food energy measured in?
Calories
What is a factor that can limit population growth called? Give an example.
Limiting factor, examples: Food and Water / Climate and Weather / Space and Shelter