ECOLOGY
A CARNIVORE THAT CATCHES AND EATS ANOTHER ORGANISM
What is A PREDATOR
Low rainfall, fires, and grazing animals prevent widespread growth of trees in this biome.
What is GRASSLAND
A food chain ALWAYS begins with__________
What is PRODUCER
This succession takes longer
What is PRIMARY SUCCESSION
A LIVING PART OF THE ECOSYSTEM
What is a BIOTIC
THE FIGHT OVER LIMITED RESOURCES
What is COMPETITION
Rains almost daily and plants grow year-round in this biome
What is TROPICAL RAIN FOREST
All plants and animals in an area make up a ____________
What is COMMUNITY
True or False: A lichen is the first species in a secondary community
What is FALSE?
ALL THE LIVING AND NON LIVING PARTS.
What is a ECOSYSTEM?
A TRAIT THAT HELPS AN ORGANISM TO SURVIVE
What is an ADAPTATION?
Receives less than 25 cm of rain each year, and has a temperature from 0 degrees celsius to 32 degrees celsius
What is A DESERT
The thing that eats the producer is called the ___________
What is CONSUMER?
what comes after lichens in primary succession
What is MOSS?
THE STUDY OF HOW HUMANS AND THE ECOSYSTEM INTERACT.
What is ECOLOGY
A TYPE OF SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP WHERE ONE ORGANISM HURTS ANOTHER BUT WITH NO INTENTION TO KILL.
What is PARASITISM
Permafrost in this biome prevents large trees from rooting
What is TUNDRA
An animal that HUNTS other animals for food
What is PREDATOR
What comes after a volcanic eruption first?
What is LICHEN
SUNLIGHT, WATER, TEMPERATURE, AIR, ROCKS, SOIL
What are ABIOTIC FACTORS
THE ORGANISM THAT IS BEST SUITED FOR THE ENVIRONMENT WILL SURVIVE TO HAVE OFFSPRING (THE FASTEST, STRONGEST, ETC.)
What is NATURAL SELECTION
This biome contains oak, maple, and hickory trees; wild flowers; grasses; ferns and shrubs
What is DECIDUOUS FOREST?
The wave like diagram showing the relationship between predator and prey is
What is PREDATOR PREY CYCLE
This is the community at the end of succession
What is CLIMAX