Ecosystems
A. Abiotic
B. Biotic
A. Abiotic
Features of the environment that are alive or were once alive.
A. Abiotic
B. Biotic
B. Biotic
Animal that eats plants and animals or animal flesh.
A. Carnivore
B. Omnivore
C. Herbivore
B. Omnivore
Organism that cannot create energy rich molecules but it obtains its food by eating other organisms.
A. Consumer
B. Producer
A. Consumer
An animal that eats only other animals or the remains of other animals.
A. Carnivore
B. Omnivore
C. Herbivore
A. Carnivore
Average weather conditions of an area overtime, including wind, temperature, and rainfall or other types of precipitation such as snow, wind, or sleet.
A. Ecosystem
B. Biome
C. Atmosphere
D. Climate
D. Climate
All the populations of different species that live in an ecosystem.
A. Food web
B. Food chain
C. Community
D. Family
C. Community
Play swear an organism lives and that provides the types of food, shelter, moisture, and temperature needed for survival.
A. Atmosphere
B. Biome
C. Ecosystem
D. Habitat
D. Habitat
Organism, such as a green plant or Alger, that uses an outside source of energy like the sun to create energy rich food molecules.
A. Consumer
B. Producer
B. Producer
Animal that eats only plants or parts of plants.
A. Carnivore
B. Omnivore
C. Herbivore
C. Herbivore
Diverse ecosystem form from the calcium carbonate shells secreted by corals in the ocean.
A. Rainforest
B. Desert
C. Coral reef
D. Tundra
C. Coral reef
Driest biome on earth with less than 25 cm of rain each year; has dunes or thin soil with a little organic matter and plants and animals specifically adapted to survive extreme conditions.
A. Rainforest
B. Desert
C. Coral reef
D. Tundra
B. Desert
Any close relationship between species, including mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism.
A. Mitosis
B. Symbiosis
C. Homeostasis
D. Biogenesis
B. Symbiosis
A type of symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is harmed.
A. Commensalism
B. Mutualism
C. Parasitism
C. Parasitism
A type of symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is not affected.
A. Commensalism
B. Mutualism
C. Parasitism
A. Commensalism
Large geographic areas with similar climates and ecosystems; includes tundra, taiga, desert, temperate deciduous forest, tropical and temperate rain forest and grassland.
A. Atmosphere
B. Biome
C. Biodiversity
D. Ecosystem
B. Biome
Air surrounding earth; made of gasses, including 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 0.03% carbon dioxide.
A. Atmosphere
B. Climate
C. Biome
D. Ecosystem
A. Atmosphere
Changes in inherited characteristics over time.
A. Evolution
B. Succession
C. Homeostasis
D. Equilibrium
A. Evolution
A type of symbiotic relationship where all species involved benefit from their interactions.
A. Commensalism
B. Mutualism
C. Parasitism
B. Mutualism
Model that shows the complex feeding relationships among organisms in a community.
A. Food web
B. Food chain
C. Energy pyramid
A. Food web
Put these in least to most biodiverse order.
tropical rainforest, tundra, desert, temperate forest
desert, tundra, temperate forest, tropical rainforest
All the living organisms that live in an area and the nonliving features of their environment.
A. Biome
B. Ecosystem
C. Biodiverse
D. Atmosphere
B. Ecosystem
Natural gradual changes in the types of species that live in an area: can be primary or secondary.
A. Evolution
B. Succession
C. Homeostasis
D. Equilibrium
B. Succession
A model that explains which organism eats another organism in the environment. It shows a linear sequence of organisms where nutrients and energy is transferred from one organism to the other
A. Food web
B. Food chain
C. Energy pyramid
B. Food chain
Model that shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level in an ecosystem.
A. Food web
B. Food chain
C. Energy pyramid
C. Energy pyramid