Vocabulary
The term for "A community of living and non- living things that is self-sustaining" is...
What is an ecosystem
Which kingdom do the following belong to: grass, tree, and moss.
What is the Plant Kingdom
An example of a producer is...
What is any green plant. (ex. grass, tree, fern, vegetables, etc.)
What are the 2 main impacts of humans on biodiversity?
Overexploitation and Pollution/habitat destruction.
A zebra mussel is an example of...
What is an invasive species.
Living things that make their own food through a process called photosynthesis are called.
What are Producers
Which kingdom do the following living things belong to: cow, giraffe, tarantula?
What is the Animal Kingdom?
Name all 5 Kingdoms.
Plant, Animal, Fungi, Protist, Monera
Name one way humans can help decrease their impact on biodiversity.
answers will vary.
Name the 5 types of vertebrates.
mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish
Animals with backbones are called.
What are vertebrates
Which kingdom do the following living things belong to: mould, mushrooms, yeast.
What is the Fungi kingdom.
Which vertebrates usually have fur or hair?
What are mammals.
What are the 3 types of pollution?
What are Land, air, and water.
What is the largest ecosystem?
What is the Ocean?
What is it called when you organize or group living things together?
What is Classification?
What kingdom do parasites fall under?
What is the Protist Kingdom
Which kingdom is mainly responsible for the decomposition of dead plant and animal remains?
What is the Fungi Kingdom.
Overexploitation includes or refers to...
What are Overfishing, overhunting, and over-picking
Which scientist came up with the orderly way we classify living things?
Carolus Linnaeus
The variety of living things in an ecosystem is called.
What is Biodiversity?
Which kingdom includes bacteria?
What is the Moneran kingdom.
The animal kingdom is broken down in to which 2 main parts?
What are Vertebrates and Invertebrates.
Overexploitation occurs when...
What is when humans use up resources and living things faster than they can reproduce or replenish itself.
An invasive species is...
What is a foreign species that disrupts the balance in an ecosystem