Definitions
What is Biodiversity?
The variety of species on Earth is the planet’s biodiversity
If I started off with 1000 KJ in the grass, how much would the rabbit receive?
100 KJ
Name the largest to smallest?
Ecosystem, Organism, Community, and Population
Ecosystem, Community, Population, Energy
What is a Producer?
A plant that makes its own food
What are the reactants?
Carbon, Water, and Sunlight
Sustainability?
The ability of a system to maintain itself and remain productive over a long period of time
What is abiotic?
Nonliving Things and Biotics are Living things
Name one of the 4 things that harms Biodiversity?
Pollution, Pouching, Habitat Destruction, and Exotic Species
What is a primary Consumer?
A herbivore. An animal that eats plants
What are the products
Glucose and Oxygen
A food web vs a food chain?
A food web is an intertwining of food chains and a food chain is a direct chain of energy flow.
If hunting deer is permitted what will happen to the population over time?
It would decrease
More Biodiversity means?
More sustainability
What is the top of the food chain called?
Apex Predator
Where does photosynthesis occur?
In the leaf / Chloroplast
Invasive Species
is an introduced, nonnative organism (disease, parasite, plant, or animal) that begins to spread or expand its range from the site of its original introduction and that has the potential to cause harm to the environment, the economy, or to human health
Which level gets the most energy in the food chain? and which gets the least?
Most energy is producers at 100 percent and the least is the apex predator
3 types of Biodiversity
Genetics, Species, and Habitats
Name the order of the food chain starting with decomposers
Decomposers, Primary Producers, Primary Consumers, Secondary Consumers, Tertiary Consumers, and Apex Predators?
What is the name of the food produced by the plant?
Glucose
Decomposers
Organisms that eat dead or decaying material
Build a food web
grass--> grasshopper-->bird--> snake
What is species diversity ?
Species diversity is the variety of plant and animal communities within an ecosystem. The greater the number of species, the more complex is an ecosystem’s food web and the more links there are among species.
Name 2 Prey and Predator combos and 2 producers and consumer
Owl and Snake, Lion and Deer, Grass and Grasshopper, and carrot and Rabbit
What is the formula?
carbon, water, sunlight ---> glucose and oxygen