Vocab
Concepts
Vocab part 2
Questions
Random
100
organism that hunts and eats other organisms
Consumers/Predator
100
When there are more births than deaths, populations
Increases
100
a group of the same type of organism in a specific area
Population
100
What do birds such as eagles and hawks need energy for?
Reproduction, flying, breathing, digesting food, etc. Answers will vary
100
A population of panthers lives in the southeastern United States. Over 50 years, the size of the panther population in the region increased. What best explains the increase in the size of the panther population?
More panthers were born than died.
200
organism that is hunted and eaten by another organism
Resource/Prey
200
When there are more deaths than births, populations
Decreases
200
When a population has more deaths than births, the population total _______________.
decreases.
200
Gnat population ---> firefly population ---->Lizard Population
What will happen to the firefly population if the lizard population increases?
The firefly population will decrease because the lizard population will need more energy so it will be eating more fireflies
200
What is an example of an ecosystem. List three organisms in that ecosystem.
Jungle, rain forest, mountains, desert, etc.
300
The process of creating more offspring
Reproduction
300
Same number of births and deaths
Population size stays stable
300
a small part hat is meant to show what the whole is like
sample
300
In this food web, if the Walleye Pollock population decreases, what happens to the Moon Jelly Population and why?
It will increase due to an increase in resource populations
300
Plants make their own food through this process
Photosynthesis
400
Organisms use this to complete all the functions they need to survive
Energy
400
Organisms in consumer populations get energy storage molecules from eating organisms in ____________. __________.
Resource populations
400
All the living and non living things interacting in a particular area
Ecosystem
400
Which two are in competition?
Moon jellies and Walleye Pollock
400
Give an example of a consumer and resource population
Answers will vary
500
when 2 organisms are fighting for the same resources (such as food)
Competition
500
Two populations can compete for the same resource population. A change to one of these populations___________________________________________....
affects the size of the other.
500
Any part of the environment that can be used to meet needs of the population
Resources
500
Why does increasing the resource population increase the consumer population?
The consumer will have more energy storage molecules which will increase births.
500
What is Mrs. Jayme's favorite animal?
Penguin