Food Chains & Symbiosis
The symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
What is mutualism?
This word describes the variety of life across all levels of ecological organization.
What is biodiversity?
This Texas ecoregion lies along the gulf of Mexico.
What is the Gulf Coast?
A series of community changes over a long period of time.
What is primary succession?
The clearing of trees, transforming a forest into cleared land.
What is deforestation?
These organisms get their energy from the sun through the process of photosynthesis.
What are producers/autotrophs?
The variation in genes that exists within a species.
What is genetic diversity?
Lubbock has an average wind speed of 12.4 mph and is located in this ecoregion.
What is the Rolling Plains?
A series of community changes over a relatively shorter period of time.
What is secondary succession?
This type of human impact on the environment can have a negative impact on the air we breathe.
What is pollution?
This symbiotic relationship occurs between a flea and a dog. The fleas live on dogs and feed off of their blood.
What is parasitism?
This location on Earth includes the hottest spots for species diversity.
What is the equator?
The name of the ecoregion Abilene is located in.
What is the Rolling Plains?
Regrowth after a forest fire is an example of this type of succession.
What is secondary succession?
As defined by NASA, this human impact is defined as the long-term heating of Earth's climate due to human activities that increase heat-trapping greenhouse gas levels in our atmosphere.
What is global warming?
Many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
What is a food web?
What is decreases?
The average annual precipitation of the High Plains.
What is 15.1 - 20 inches?
A volcanic eruption forming new land is an example of this type of succession.
What is primary succession?
The instance in which a species population becomes too large for the environment to provide and sustain.
What is overpopulation?
This part of a food chain or food web represents energy flowing between organisms.
What is an arrow?
This ecosystem comprises only 6% of all land on Earth but is home to nearly 50% of all the species on Earth.
What is tropical rainforests?
The Llano uplift is located within this Texas ecoregion.
What is the Edwards Plateau?
A species that is the first to colonize an environment after primary or secondary succession takes place.
What is a pioneer species?
Red fire ants are not native to Texas, but can easily be found all over the state. They negatively affect the environment around them, making them this type of species.
What is an invasive species?