Ecology
Living things and non-living things.
What are biotic and abiotic factors?
a place where an organism lives
The organism at the beginning of a food chain
Producers
In a food web, what kind of consumers would eat the producers?
The primary consumers
The coldest biome with no trees and polar bears can be found here
What is the tundra?
All the living and non-living things in an area.
What is an ecosystem?
an organism’s role in its environment
What is a niche?
herbivores are found on this trophic level
Primary consumers
on a food web, the organism with no arrows pointing to it is the________________
producer
This biome is found under the tundra. It has biotic factors such as pine trees and can be found across the northern parts of Northern America.
What is the taiga? (Boreal forest)
Cow, chicken, grass, mushroom.
Community
something that helps an animal become better fit for the environment they live in.
What is adaptation?
omnivores and carnivores are found on this level
secondary consumers
In a food wood, the consumers get energy transferred through___________
food consumption/ consumption
This biome has 4 seasons. It has warm summers and cold winters. Found in parts of Northern America and Europe.
What is the temperate deciduous forest?
a group of organisms of the same species living in the same place at the same time.
What is a population?
__________get their energy by eating other living things
What are consumers/heterotrophs?
carnivores are found on these trophic levels
tertiary consumers/ apex predators
In a food web, if foxes eat rabbits, what would happen to the rabbits if the fox population increased?
The rabbit population would decrease.
This biome has the highest precipitation rate compared to the rest of the biomes. Many exotic plants and animals can be found here.
What is the tropical rainforest?
all the ecosystems in an area that share a similar climate.
What is a biome?
______________are organisms that make their own food using energy from the sun (photosynthesis)
What are producers/autotrophs?
___________get energy by breaking down dead organisms. They also return nutrients to the soil.
What are decomposers?
In a food web, hawks get their energy source from snakes. What would happen if hawks decreased?
Snakes would increase.
This biome doesn't have many trees, but has plenty types of grasses. Not much rain falls here.
What is the grassland/savanna?