Biodiversity
________is all the different kinds of life you'll find in one area—the variety of animals, plants, fungi, and even microorganisms like bacteria that make up our natural world. Each of these species and organisms work together in ecosystems, like an intricate web, to maintain balance and support life.
Biodiversity
The peninsula North of the Red Sea.
This mountain range is East of the Fertile Crescent.
Sinai Peninsula
Zagros Mountains
_________is the largest number of individuals of one species that an ecosystem can support over time
Carrying Capacity
The_________were known for their fierce, brutal military conquests.
______was the fertile soil of the Fertile Crescent.
_______allowed the people of Mesopotamia to control the flood waters of the Tigris and Euphrates.
Assyrians
Silt
Irrigation
A__________is a way a species interacts with abiotic-biotic factors to obtain food, find shelter, and fulfill needs
Niche
The more biodiverse an ecosystem is, the more _____that environment is.
stable/balanced
This was a large building located in the center of each Sumerian city-state.
This mountain range is located between the Black and Caspian Sea.
ziggurat
Caucasus Mountains
This Sumerian invention that allowed farmers to prepare and plant larger areas of land more quickly.
plow
What 3 things did Farming led to in Mesopotamia?
Permanent Settlements
Specialization
Social Classes
________is a symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit.
Mutualism
An________is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life.
What is another name used to describe the location of Mesopotamia?
This location is located north of Jericho. They were famous for ship building and inspiring the English alphabet.
Fertile Crescent
Phoenicia
This invention allowed Sumerians to travel easier to different areas to trade goods.
wheel and sail
Worship of many deities
Worship of one deity
Polytheism
Monotheism
____is an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.
Commensalism
_____________are living organisms such as plants-wastes of living organisms-decayed remains of dead organisms
Biotic factors
The word Mesopotamia means...
This Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow into what?
the land between two rivers
Persian Gulf
Black bear depend on salmon for food. If a drought causes a stream to run dry one year, how will this impact the bear?
The bear population size will decrease.
________was the writing developed in Southern Mesopotamia. What did they write on?
Cuneiform
Clay Tablets
_________is a relationship that includes a parasite and a host.
Parasitism
A ____________includes the same species-same area-same time.
Population
Mesopotamia is located in this present day country.
Iraq
These laws were based on "eye for an eye."
The Code of Hammurabi
__________is a poem written about a hero.
Epic
_________is the act of one organism, the predator, feeding on another organism, its prey.
Predation
A _________includes all populations living in an ecosystem at the same time.
Community
Body of water North of Asia Minor
Black Sea
________created the world's first empire.
Sargon
Another name used for gods.
______exiled the Jewish people from their homeland for nearly 70 years.
deities
Nebuchadnezzar
_________is a close, long term relationship between two species that usually involves an exchange of food or energy
Symbiosis