Biodiversity: The number of different organisms in an ecosystem.
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What is the difference between Abiotic and Biotic Factors?
Abiotic Factor: Nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
Biotic Factor: Anything living in an ecosystem.
100
Give two examples of decomposers.
Bateria and fungi
100
What are adaptations?
Adaptations: Characteristics that help organisms survive and reproduce in their natural environment.
100
What is a food chain?
Food Chain: a series of events in which ONE organism eats another and obtains energy.
200
Which term fits the following definition: A state in which opposing forces in a system are equally balanced or stable?
A. Habitat
B. Equilibrium
C. Ecosystem
D. Microhabitat
B. Equilibrium
200
What is the difference between migration and hibernation?
Migration: the regular, periodic journey of an animal from one place to another and then back again.
Hibernation: state of greatly reduced body activity that occurs during the winter.
200
Vultures, sea gulls, hyenas, catfish, roaches, raccoons, and dung beetles are ALL examples of what?
A. Herbivores
B. Producers
C. Scavengers
D. Decomposers
C. Scavengers
200
What are biomes?
Biomes: Group of ecosystems with similar climates that support certain plant and animal species.
200
What is a food web?
Food Web: consists of the MANY overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
300
What is biomass decay?
Biomass decay: Wood slowly decays, breaks down into pieces and slowly rots away.
300
What is the difference between an ecosystem and a habitat?
Ecosystem: All living and nonliving things that interact in an area.
Habitat: The space where an organism lives that provides the things the organism needs.
300
Give an example for each.
Omnivore, Carnivore, and Herbivore
Species: A group of similar organisms that can mate with one another and produce fertile offspring.
300
What is an energy pyramid?
Energy Pyramid: A diagram that shows the amount of energy transferred from one feeding level to another in a food chain.
400
What is a microhabitat?
Microhabitat: A very small, specialized habitat, such as a clump of grass or a space between rocks.
400
What is the difference between an omnivore, herbivore, and carnivore?
Omnivore: An animal that eats both plans and animals.
Herbivore: An animal that only eats plants.
Carnivore: An animal that only eats meat from other animals.
400
Pioneer species (mosses and lichens) is an example of ____________.
A. Primary Succession
B. Secondary Succession
A. Primary Succession
400
What natural disturbances can result in secondary succession?
Fires, hurricanes, and tornadoes
400
Draw a food chain.
Show the teacher your drawing.
500
What is a niche?
Niche: An organism's particular role in an ecosystem.
500
What is the difference between a consumer and producer?
Consumer: An organism that cannot make its own food so it obtains energy by the feeding on other organisms.
Producer: An organism that can make its own food, usually by converting sunlight into glucose (sugar).
500
What is an example of secondary succession?
Weeds and grasses
500
What are the factors that determine the type of biome? (There are five factors)
Precipitation, Latitude and Altitude, Soil type, Temperature and if it ever freezes, and Length of growing season
500
Draw an energy pyramid. Include the following terms in your drawing: producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers.