A type of succession that happens after a fire is called?
What is secondary succession
100
A group of different species that live and interact in the same area are called
What is a community
100
A plant is considered this because it makes its own food
What is producer
100
A lion would be what kind of consumer?
What is carnivore
100
In an environment where you have a rabbit and a wolf, which would be the prey?
What is the rabbit
200
Trees that we find in the Redwoods of California that are hundreds of years old are?
What is old-growth forest
200
If you see a herd of bison roaming the prairies we would call them a species, community or population?
What is population
200
What we call an organism that eats?
What is consumer
200
A rabbit is what kind of consumer
What is herbivore
200
When an animal blends into their surroundings, we call that?
What is camouflage
300
When an environment that has reached the last step in succession is called?
What is a climax community
300
An evironment that is made up of living and nonliving factors that interact?
What is ecosystem
300
These break down dead organisms and waste to return nutrients to the soil
What are decomposures
300
An animal that eats both plants and animals are called?
What is omnivores
300
The place where an animal lives and hunts is called?
What is its niche
400
The first species to inhabit an area
What is pioneer species
400
Process where living things produce offspring
What is reproduction
400
Organisms that contain carbon are called?
What is organic
400
A deer that eats plants would be considered what type of consumer primary or secondary?
What is primary
400
The cycle which predators increase as prey increases and predators decrease when prey decrease is called- the rabbit/wolf graph we did in class yesterday.
What is boom-bust cycle?
500
An organism that is made up of a fungus, a green alga and a cyanobacterium?
What is lichen
500
The process that cells use to release energy from food?
What is cellular respiration
500
The green pigment in plants is called
What is chlorophyll
500
water plant that is eaten by small fish which is eaten by a large fish that is eaten by a pelican show a
What is food chain
500
A poison dart frog has this for protection, to keep predators away?