Definitions
What are nonnative species that competes for resources better than existing species in the ecosystem?
What is the place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive?
Habitat
What do you call organisms that make their own food?
Producers
What do you call a model with multiple food chains interconnected?
Food Web
How many siblings does Mr. Lagge have?
3
What is a system in which organisms interact and exchange matter and energy?
Ecosystem
What do you call organisms that break down dead organisms?
Decomposers
What do you call organisms that eat to obtain energy?
Consumers
What is the process plants use to make food called?
Photosynthesis
What is the only continent without spiders?
Antarctica
What is all the living and nonliving systems that surround and affect an organism?
Environment
What is a group of organisms of the same kind in an ecosystem?
Population
What is the name of the organism that was introduced into a new area with vines that grow 30 cm a day?
Anything that takes up space is called?
Matter
What is the world's smallest deer?
Pudu
What is a system that includes all living things?
Biosphere
What consists of all the populations of living things that live and can interact in an area?
Community
What is an aquatic plant introduced to ecosystems in the United States more than 100 years ago? Its leaves spread on the surface of water, blocking sunlight needed by other species in the ecosystem
Water Chestnut
What is the ability to move heat or electricity?
Conductivity
What is the rarest cat on Earth?
Amur Leopard
What is a first, typical or preliminary model of something, especially a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied?
Prototype
What are 3 non-living parts of an ecosystem?
Water, Sun, Soil, Air
What are factors affect the number of individuals of a given population that an ecosystem can support?
Limiting Factors
What are the structures in leaves that take in air called?
Stomata
What day is Mr. Lagge's wife due?
May 6th