Vocabulary
Fill in the blank:
Food provides energy and _________ _________ to organisms.
What is building materials
The problem with non-native species as pets (for example the burmese python)
What is that they can be released/escape into the ecosystem and become invasive?
Any organism (Plant, animal, fungus...) that occurs naturally in an environment
What is a native species?
Fill in the blank:
Organisms in a food web are related through producer/consumer, _____________, and parasite/host relationships.
What is predator/prey
In order to be considered a food, a substance must contain at least one of these three things
What is protein, fat, or carbohydrates?
This is what distinguishes a non-native species from an invasive species
What is An invasive species has a negative impact (causes some sort of damage)
Organisms that live in an ecosystem are affected by what two factors?
What is biotic and abiotic factors
the rivalry between living organisms for resources such as food, light, territory, mates, water etc.
What is Competition?
All plants and animals have special structures that perform these two necessary functions
What is reproduction and eating?
a group of the same kind of organism living together in a given area
What is a population?
Organisms in an ecosystem compete for these three limited resources
What is space, food and water
two types of carbohydrates found in food
What are simple and complex (Or starches and Sugars)
3 Main ways invasive species are introduced to new ecosystems
1. Moving them by accident
2. On purpose to control a pest
3. Imported to sell (could be ornamental plants or pets)