Ecology 101
Energy Flow
Organisms
Biodiversity
Human Impact
100
The term to refer to the non-living part of an ecosystem.
What is abiotic?
100
A linear network of organisms.
What are food chains?
100
The name of organisms that get their food by consuming waste and dead organisms.
What are decomposers?
100
When living thing imitate other organisms so they can hide from predators

What is mimicry?

100

A toxic chemical that humans use to get rid of unwanted bugs or plants

What is a pesticide?

200

A pack (group) of wolves would be an example of this

What is a population?

200
A graphical representation of what-eats-what in an ecological community.
What is a food web?
200
A non-native species that has a negative impact on the natural environment?
What is an invasive species?
200

The biggest threat to biodiversity

What is extinction?

200
The process of breaking large ecosystems into smaller ecosystems due to flooding, pollution or wind damage.
What is fragmentation?
300

The perfect distance from the sun for life on earth

What is the "goldilocks zone"?

300

This process produces carbon dioxide as "waste"

What is cellular respiration?

300
Any organism that exists by hunting other organisms.
What are predators?
300
When organisms both benefit from their relationship with one another

What is mutualism?

300

Trying to limit our impacts on the environment by being conscious of what we use and waste.

What is being sustainable?

400

These science terms are the areas on earth are where life can exist (all the water, the gasses, the physical ground)

What are the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere?

400
The process by which plants capture the sun's energy and turn it into glucose (food).
What is photosynthesis?
400

Brainworms cause a degenerative condition in moose. This often leads to their death. This is an example of this type of relationship.

What is parasitism?

400
The maximum population size of a species that a given ecosystem can sustain.
What is carrying capacity?
400

When scientists studied Inuit women, they found that their breast milk had high levels of this toxin even though they were not near any sites where this was used

What is DDT?

500

When humans use too much of a resources and it does not have a chance to replenish (come back)

What is "tragedy of the commons"?

500

When pesticides build up as you move up a food chain

What is bioaccumulation (biomagnification)

500
The name of organisms like plants that form the base of food chains.
What are producers?
500

When a living organism does not exist anymore in a particular area (but still exists in the world)

What is extirpated species?

500

When people use bacteria to clean up oil spills

What is bioremediation?

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