Vocab
The process plants go through to create their own food
What is photosynthesis?
Fungi, bacteria, worms, and mushrooms are example of
What are decomposers
All energy comes from this
What is the sun and God
One is benefited while the other is harmed?
What is Parasitism?
Use the following food chain:
Plant>Frog>Snake>Hawk
If the frog population goes down what effect will that have on the rest of the chain?
Plants will overgrow and snake population will go down
The maximum population size of a species that a given environment can sustainably support over a long period of time
What is carrying capacity?
Space, water, food, and shelter are examples of what for an animal
The third consumer
What is the tertiary consumer?
Both species benefit
What is Mutualism?
Lightning from a thunderstorm strikes a tree down and it falls and dies. During the next few years which organisms are most likely to breakdown the tree?
Fungi and bacteria (decomposers)
Things that limit the growth or population or a system
What are limiting factors?
A non-native organism that, when introduced to a new environment, begins to spread rapidly and can cause significant harm to the ecosystem
What is an invasive species?
What is the order of consumers in a food chain?
Primary, secondary, tertiary
One species benefits and the other is not effected
What is commensalism?
A rabbits' population has gone up in the past few years. What is a reasonable explanation for this occurrence?
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This process converts water and Carbon Dioxide into sugar and oxygen
What is photosynthesis?
The act of harvesting a renewable natural resource, like plants or animals, at a rate faster than it can replenish itself, leading to a decline in population and potentially threatening the species' survival
What is producers?
A bird picking birds off a water buffalo is an example of this
What is mutualism?
An early winter frost that prevents tomatoes from growing is an example of
What is a limiting factor?
The process where a natural environment, or habitat, is significantly altered or completely removed to the point that it can no longer support the native species that once lived there
What is habitat destruction?
Draw what a graph of a population reaching carrying capacity would look like
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Create a food chain with 5 organisms and label it
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A barnacle attaching to the skin of a whale is an example of
Commensalism- the barnacle gets food and a ride and the whale is not affected
A scientist was studying fish in a pond for ten years. She noticed the population was increasing for three years then stayed the same for the remainder of the study. The best explanation is what?
The fish reached carrying capacity