We're Hungry!
Feeds on plants.
Herbivore
Create their own food using energy from the sun.
Autotroph/Producer
Factors that can be changed.
Variables
A clear answer to the question being asked.
Claim
The study of the relationships between organisms and their environment.
Ecology
Consumes other animals.
Carnivore
Heterotroph/Consumer
Cannot make own food; must get food from plants or other organisms.
All variables that remain constant.
Controlled Variables
Scientific data or observations that support the claim.
Evidence
All the living and non-living things in an area and how they interact.
Ecosystem
Feeds on plants and other animals.
Omnivore
Displays a one way relationship of energy flow in an ecosystem
Food Chains
Factor in an experiment that a scientist purposely changes.
Independent Variable
A scientific explanation that connects the evidence to the claim using accurate biology concepts.
Reason
The maximum population size an environment can support with its resources (food, water, space).
Carrying Capacity
Break down dead organisms and waste products to return nutrients to the environment.
Decomposer
A system of interconnected food chains, showing how organisms have multiple food sources and predators.
Food Web
The outcome or results, what a scientist wants to observe or measure.
Dependent Variable
Someone who has something to gain, lose, or be affected by what happens.
Stakeholder
Any event or force that changes an ecosystem.
Disturbance
Obtain energy by eating dead organisms.
Scavenger
Hierarchical position in a food chain or web.
Trophic Level
Prediction of the relationship between variables, which is based on observations and research.
Hypothesis
The results of specific trials or tests completed during experiments.
Data
Environmental conditions that cause populations to stop growing or decrease.
Limiting Factor