Interactions Between Living/Nonliving and The Environment
Change/Succession
Ecosystems
Flow and Cycle of Matter
Human Impacts
100
Living things in an ecosystem
What are biotic factors
100
The introduction of non-native species to an area that quickly multiply and take over
What is bioinvasion
100
What is a place on Earth where living things interact with other living and non-living things?
What is an ecosystem.
100
Organisms that can make their own food to supply the matter and energy they need to survive.
What are producers
100
When a species no longer exists anywhere on Earth
What is extinction
200
All the populations of different species that live and interact in the same place form a ....
What is a community
200
When an animal hunts another animal for food.
What is predation
200
Describe a population
What is all of one kind of a species that lives in an ecosystem
200
Light energy + Carbon dioxide+ Water --> food (sugars and starches) + oxygen
What is photosynthesis
200
A small area (sectioned off area) of a habitat used to monitor changes in a particular environment. Can be any shape.
What is a quadrant
300
Barnacles, unable to move on their own, attach themselves to whales to increase their chance of finding food. Whales are not affected by the barnacles. What example of symbiosis is this?
What is commensalism
300
The very first species that arrive
What are pioneer species.
300
A link of all the food chains in an environment
What is a food web
300
Food (glucose) + oxygen --> Carbon dioxide + water + energy that can be used by living things
What is cellular respiration
300
A quadrant contains
What is both living and non-living components of an ecosystem
400
As the butterfly feeds, pollen sticks to its body. The butterfly carries the pollen to the next flower it feeds from. Most flowers need this pollen to produce seeds. What example of symbiosis is this?
What is mutualism.
400
Occurs in areas where no life exists due to an absence of soil.
What is primary succession
400
A group of organisms that can breed and reproduce
What is a species
400
A food chain starts with the original food source:
What is a producer
400
Resources from the environment can be replaced as quickly as they are used
What is sustainability
500
In order to survive, all living things need:
What is energy, shelter, air (oxygen), food, and water
500
A stable community of diverse number of species that is not easily replaced by other communities
What is a climax community
500
Fungi and bacteria
What are decomposers
500
What percentage of of energy is transferred up a level in an ecosystem?
What is 10%
500
A measurement of the amount of materials and energy each person uses every day.