Different Things
Food Fight
What does it all mean?
How it works
Strangers in a strange land
100
Which of the following are abiotic factors?
Wind, food, temperature, light, predators
What are: wind, temperature, and light
100
Food chains show the transfer of this between organisms
What is energy?
100
This is one single organism
What is an individual?
100
These are the different levels organisms fulfill in a food pyramid
What are trophic levels?
100
This refers to the diversity of living things in an area
What is biodiversity
200
Which is nonliving? A squirrel, two raccoons, a snake, a rock, a palm tree
What is a rock?
200
This is the source of all energy on Earth
What is the Sun?
200
All of ONE species that lives in an ecosystem
What is a population?
200
What are the main products of photosynthesis?
What are oxygen and sugar?
200
These species are not native to an area and usually lack predators to keep their population in check
What are invasive species
300
From the Greek word "bio", any living thing is called
What is biotic?
300
In this food chain, the rat is what kind of organism?
What is a primary consumer?
300
These factors keep the population of organisms from reaching their maximum reproductive potential
What are limiting factors?
300
What are the main products of aerobic cellular respiration?
What are carbon dioxide, water, and usable energy?
300
Scientists believe we are living in a 6th major extinction right now. This is the main cause of the exinctions
What is human activity / global warming / human impacts...
400
These organisms make their own food
What are producers?
400
In a sustainable ecosystem, do we need more primary consumers or more predators?
What are more primary consumers?
400
The benefits humans receive from ecosystems are known as
What are ecosystem services?
400
These organisms are responsible for recycling matter back into the ecosystem
What are decomposers?
400
What percent of energy is passed between levels in a food pyramid?
What is 10 percent?
Or the 10 percent rule.
500
These animals have no predators and are at the top of a food pyramid
What are apex predators / top predators / tertiary consumers
500
Animals who get energy from both plants and animals are known as
What are omnivores?
500
The total mass or weight of all organisms in an ecosystem
What is biomass?
500
If the birds go extinct, what might happen to the fox population?
The population would decrease.
500
Mr. Wilkinson should name his son...