organism that hunts and eats other organisms
Consumers/Predator
When there are more births than deaths, populations
Increases
a group of the same type of organism in a specific area
Population
What do organisms need energy for?
Reproduction
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.
organism that is hunted and eaten by another organism
Resource/Prey
When there are more deaths than births, populations
Decreases
Population that eats other populations
Consumer populations
If there is an increase to a Consumers population, what will likely happen to the Resource population size?
Decrease
What is an example of an ecosystem. List three organisms in that ecosystem.
Jungle, rain forest, mountains, desert, etc.
The process of creating more offspring
Reproduction
Population size stays stable
Population that is eaten
Resource population
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
Plants make their own food through this process
Photosynthesis
Organisms can use this to release the energy they need to survive
Energy storage molecules
Organisms in consumer populations get energy storage molecules from eating organisms in ____________. __________.
Resource populations
All the living and non living things interacting in a particular area
Ecosystem
Which two are in competition?

Moon jellies and Walleye Pollock
Give an example of a consumer and resource population
Answers will vary
when 2 organisms are fighting for the same resources (such as food)
Competition
Two populations can compete for the same resource population. A change to one of these populations___________________________________________....
affects the size of the other.
When one change can cause changes across the entire food web.
Indirect effect
Why does increasing the resource population increase the consumer population?
The consumer will have more energy storage molecules which will increase births.
A population of bluefish lives in the Gulf of Mexico. Over the last 50 years, the size of the bluefish population has decreased. What best explains the decrease in the size of the bluefish population?
More Bluefish died than were born