Interactions within an Ecosystem
An inherited characteristic that helps an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment
What is an adaptation?
Materials and products found in nature
What are natural resources?
The 3 R's
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
liquid water changes to water vapour
What is evaporation?
When an organism no longer exists
What is extinct?
1. Food
2. Water
3. Oxygen and Gas Exchange
4. Habitat
What are the needs of living things?
Living parts of an ecosystem (Biotic)
What are Plants and Animals?
Calculation of total area of land and water needed to supply all the materials and energy
What is ecological footprint?
Water vapour changes to a liquid
What is Condensation?
Species that are introduced to an environment that are not naturally found there.
What are introduced species?
Structural: flippers, claws, camouflage, teeth
Behavioural: migration
What are examples of adaptations?
Eat producers and consumers
What are omnivores? (meat and plant eaters)
Resources of nature are being renewed at least as quickly as they are being used.
What is sustainability?
liquid water forms from condensation, then falls as rain, sleet or snow
What is precipitation?
A way to check the condition of an ecosystem by comparing the results done at different times.
What is environmental monitoring?