Roles in the Ecosystem
This organism produces its food through photosynthesis, making it a primary producer in the ecosystem
What is a plant?
Indicates the flow of energy in a chain or web
What is an arrow?
An organism that gets eaten by other organisms
What is a prey?
Water, soil, temperature, air
What is an abiotic factor?
The two processes that return water to the earth are
What is condensation and precipitation?
A group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce together
What is a species?
Identify the term for a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem
What is a food web?
Identify the term for the interaction in which one organism hunts, kills, and consumes another organism
The date that is recognized as Earth Day in Canada
What is April 22?
Name the term for the variety of different species within an ecosystem
What is biodiversity?
These organisms break down dead plants and animals, returning nutrients to the soil in the process
What are decomposers?
The type of organism that occupies the highest trophic level in a food chain or food web.
What are tertiary consumers?
The ecological relationship where one species benefits while the other is harmed
What is parasitism?
The vitamin that you get by being in the sun
What is vitamin D?
Four types of ecosystems
What is ocean, forest, freshwater, and arctic?
These animals consume only plants as their primary food source in the ecosystem
What are herbivores?
The amount of trophic levels in this food chain: Daisy -> ladybug -> grouse -> wolf
What is 4?
Some species of ants protect and "farm" aphids, small sap-sucking insects that produce honeydew. The ants protect the aphids from predators and parasites and in return, they feed on the sugary honeydew produced by the aphids
What is mutualism?
The largest animal to have ever lived on Earth
What is the blue whale?
The process by which organisms convert food into energy for growth, reproduction, and other life processes
What is metabolism?
Organisms that are very sensitive to change in the environment
What are indicator species?
The percentage of energy lost as you continue up the pyramid of numbers
What is 90%?
Dodder is a plant that lacks chlorophyll and relies on other plants for nutrients. It wraps itself around the stems of host plants, penetrating their tissues with specialized structures
What is parasitism?
The percentage of water on the Earth is freshwater
What is 3%?
Name the process through which animals release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, contributing to the carbon cycle
What is respiration?