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