Vocabulary
Ecosystems
Food Chains
Interactions
Potpourri
100
Ducks on a pond are called this because there is more than one of the same species.
What is a population?
100
A rock in our terrariums and aquariums is considered this type of factor.
What is an abiotic factor.
100
The ultimate source of energy for almost all living organisms.
What is the sun?
100
A relationship between two organisms in which one is benefited and the other is harmed.
What is parasitism?
100
The person who discovered that chimpanzees make and use tools.
Who is Jane Goodall?
200
The definition of this term is "any living thing".
What is an organism (or biotic factor)?
200
An area which includes food, shelter, and other necessary resources than an organism needs to survive.
What is an habitat?
200
Organisms found at the beginning of a food chain.
What are producers (ex. grass, algae)
200
A relationship between 2 organisms in which one is benefited and the other is not helped or harmed.
What is commensalism?
200
The trophic level that produces the most biomass.
What is producer?
300
Organisms that eat primary consumers are called this.
What is a secondary consumer?
300
The term that means, the interactions between abiotic and biotic factors in an area.
What is an ecosystem?
300
The term for microorganisms that consume dead organisms.
What are decomposers?
300
Daily Double: Resources that two or more organisms within an ecosystem may compete for. (Name at least 3)
What are habitat, water, sunlight, and food?
300
The term that refers to the amount of organisms that can survive indefinitely in an ecosystem.
What is carrying capacity?
400
Factors in the environment that are the reason why populations do not spiral out of control.
What are limiting factors?
400
The definition of this term is, more than one different type of species of organisms living in an area (ex. flowers, bees, and birds)
What is a community?
400
Organisms that eat only plants.
What are herbivores?
400
The relationship between a bee and a flower, in which both organisms benefit.
What is mutualism?
400
When calculating the reproductive potential of deer, it is important to know the answer to this question.
What is the ratio of males to females? How many babies does it have? How often do they reproduce? What is the life span of a deer?
500
The rate at which a population of organisms can reproduce.
What is reproductive potential?
500
This is an abiotic limiting factor in our aquariums and terrariums.
What is lack of sunlight, temperature, or lack of water?
500
Daily Double: Draw the transfer of energy from the sun to a raccoon.
sun > algae > fish > raccoon
500
Biotic limiting factors that keep the milkweed bug population under control. (Provide at least 2)
What are predators, food supply, and diseases?
500
The three key factors needed by plants to complete the process of photosynthesis.
What is water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide?
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