What do you call all the living and non-living things in an area?
Ecosystem
100
An ecosystem that is partly covered with water or is flooded at least part of each year.
Wetlands
100
What would happen if all of the insects in a certain ecosystem died off?
Insect-eating animal populations would decrease
100
Different kinds of plants living in the same area must compete for water. Which plant has the best chance of survival: one with a large root system, or one with a small root system?
Large root system
100
A diagram that shows the amounts of energy that flow through each level of a food chain
Energy Pyramid
200
What do you call a group of organizsm of one species that all live in an area at one time?
Population
200
An underwater ecosystem that is very dark, cold, and has little life.
Deep Sea
200
Which layer of the energy pyramid has the MOST energy?
The bottom (producers)
200
Name three things organisms compete over
Mate, Food, Water, Space, etc.
200
A repeating process or a repeating flow of material through a system.
Cycle
300
What do you call a group that is made up of all the populations in an area?
Community
300
An ecostystem that receives less than 25 cm of rain or snow each year.
A desert
300
Which layer of the energy pyramid has the LEAST energy?
Top (carnivores/predators)
300
Which biome is home to more species than any other biome?
Tropical Rainforest
300
A long-term relationship between species
Symbiosis
400
The place an organism lives.
Habitat
400
An ecosystem where the ground remains frozen all year long.
Tundra
400
How do carnivores get energy?
They eat other animals
400
Creatures that live in the deep ocean need to adapt to what environmental factors?
Extreme cold, no light, high pressure, etc.
400
The role that an organism has in an ecosystem.
Niche
500
A large ecosystem with generally the same climate and organisms.
Biome
500
An ecosystyem with tall grass and few trees.
Grassland
500
Where do producers get the energy they need to make their own food?