Basic Terminology
What is an Ecosystem?
All the living things together with all the non-living things in an area.
Describe food web
A diagram displaying the interconnection between a producer and primary to tertiary consumers
Describe the function of chlorophyll
Absorbs light and make plants green
What is the worst effect caused by habitat loss
extinciton
What are the common greenhouse gases
carbon dioxide and methane
Living components of the enviroment
Who is a herbivore in the class?
Hello Clara
Describe the function of respiration
The process in which living things release energy from food
What is a habitat?
A place where the population of an organism lives, finds food and reproduces
What produces methane
released when fossil fuels is extracted from the earth
Define abiotic
Non-living components of an environment
Who is a carnivore in the class?
practically everyone
What is the trophic level
a feeding level within a food chain or web
Name the 2 main causes of habitat loss
Deforestation and climate change
What produces carbon dioxide
Define niche
The role of a species within the ecosystem
What is a common decomposer?
Snails, worms, and bacterias
State the formula for respiration
C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O
How do you lower rates of habitat loss
Become vegetarian
What does carbon dioxide do in the atmosphere
act as a heat-trapping agent in the atmosphere
Define brackish water
Seawater but on a budget(salty water but not as salty as seawater)
Describe the pyramid of numbers
A pyramid shaped diagram that displays the loss of energy in each trophic levels
Function of mitochondria
Powerhouse of a cell
What is climax community
the stable community characteristic of an area that persists as long as the climate does not change