Chapter 1
The non-living parts of an ecosystem.
Abiotic
the role a species plays in its environment is know as
Niche
A biological interaction which occurs when two organisms live closely together over time.
Symbiosis.
A wolf is an example of a
carnivore
When a forest grows back after a fire this is known as
The living parts of an ecosystem.
Biotic
Commensalism
When a tick attaches to your leg and begins to draw blood, this is an example of.
Parasitism.
Algae on a wet rock is an example of a
producer.
Moss growing on bare rock that was exposed after a glacier retreated is known as a
Pioneer Species.
All of the abiotic and biotic parts of a particular place.
Ecosystem
a single deer in a forest is referred to as
an individual
The bacteria in your stomach and gut that break down non-digestible parts of food so that you can get nutrients.
Mutualism
What type of organism causes our food to go bad?
Decomposers
A species that has a dangerously low population is known as
endangered.
Inherit characteristics that help and organism survive their environment.
Adaptations
Name one type of sea bird common to this area
Pomarine Jaeger, Parasitic Jaeger, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Iceland Gull, Greater Black-backed Gull, Ring Billed Gull, Black legged Kittiwake, Herring Gull.
At the bottom of every food chain are the-
producers
only about ____ percent of the energy we eat from food gets turned into our body tissues.
10%
Moose were brought to newfoundland, they are not indigenous here, therefore they are a
introduced species. (I'll take invasive although invasive implies that a species came by accident.)
The range of conditions within which an organism can live.
Range of tolerance.
All of the salmon that return to a river annually is refferred to as
a population.
Most of the energy is at the ________ of the energy pyramid.
Bottom
A complex model of feeding relationships is called a
Food Wed
Roughly what percent of humans live in cities?
more than 50%