Definitions 1
Animals that only eat other animals.
What is a carnivore?
No longer existing.
What is extinct?
Give TWO examples of the basic needs of living.
a. sunlight
b. water
c. food
d. habitat
What is the main source of energy for all living things?
The sun.
List 3 ways humans negatively impact habitats.
pollution, deforestation, overhunting/overfishing, introducing invasive species
A type of animal or plant that has become very rare and that could die out completely.
What is endangered?
Shows the dependance of living things in an ecosystem in a diagram with arrows representing the direction that energy travels.
What is the food chain?
Which level of a trophic pyramid has the most organisms?
Producers.
True or False: The amount of energy decreases as it passes through the trophic pyramid.
TRUE
TRUE
A community of living and nonliving things working together and depending on one another to support life and maintain stability.
What is an ecosystem?
Any living thing, plants, animals, and lower life forms like bacteria or one celled creatures
What is an organism?
What are plants or animals that are introduced into an ecosystem that start to overpower the domestic organisms?
List two examples of biotic factors in a habitat.
1. Producers
2. Consumers
3. Decomposers
(Biotic - living things in an ecosystem)
Plants and animals change their structure, function, or behaviour in ways that will improve their chances of survival in their habitat.
What is adaptation?
Break down the remains of dead plants and animals that have died or been left behind after a kill.
What is a decomposer?
A group of animals or plants that are similar and can produce young animals or plants.
What is species?
A trophic pyramid shows how ______ is transferred through a food chain.
Energy.
List two examples of abiotic factors a habitat.
1. Sunlight
2. Water
3. Temperature
(Abiotic - non-living things in an ecosystem)
List 3 ways humans positively impact habitats.
supporting endangered species, replanting forests, removing invasive species
A particular section, group, or type of plant or animal living in an area
What is population?
Herbivores, carnivores, or omnivores.
What is a consumer?
Photosynthesis requires _____________ to occur. Give TWO examples.
a. sunlight
b. water
c. nutrients
d. carbon dioxide
What ecosystem would you find a COLD-BLOODED animal in?
Ecosystems with warmer climates. Ex. deserts, rainforests
*Animals that are “cold-blooded” need direct sunlight in order to increase their internal body temperature. Their body temperature is the same as the environment they are in. So, if they need to warm up, they go to a warm place where the sun is shining, and if they need to cool down, they go to a cool, shaded place.
A large community of plants and animals that occupies a certain region.
What is a biome?