Environment
What are the 4 basic needs for organisms?
food, water, shelter, space
herbivores eat only ____
plants
soil is alive, dirt is ____
dead
what are the 5 recycling categories
glass, paper, compost, metal, plastic
eukaryotes have how many cells?
more than 1
This ecosystem service provides physical/material products obtained from ecosystems
provisioning
what are the 3 types of consumers
herbivores, carnivores, omnivores
4 things plants need for growth
water, sunlight, soil, space
give 2 examples of things you can do to be more eco friendly
LED lights, solar/wind power, rain barrels, composting, biking to work, etc
the ____ is the powerhouse of the cell
mitochondria
List the 5 major biomes
Aquatic, grassland, forest, desert, tundra
what is the difference between a food web and food chain
food chains are a straight line, food webs are a big network of overlapping food chains
soil provides ____ for animals that live in the soil
habitats
_______ is the process of collecting, processing, and converting waste materials into new, reusable products
the ____ is the command center of a cell and stores DNA and information
nucleus
Ecological organization level where abiotic (non living) and biotic (living) factors interact
ecosystem
what word means the classification of living things
taxonomy
what plant did i use as an example for plant taxonomy?
corn
how many tons of waste does the US produce each year?
300 million tons
what attach to endoplasmic reticulum (what makes them rough)
ribosomes
List the taxonomy classifications in order
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
what class are leopards in?
mammalia
what is the life cycle of a plant? (5 stages)
seed, sprout, seedling, mature plant, flowers/fruit
what is a carbon footprint?
amount of greenhouse gases emitted by a human
what are the differences in plant and animal cells
chloroplasts, cell wall, central vacuole, no lysosomes