Levels of Organization
An individual form of life. (Ex: elephant)
What is an Organism
What is "life"
Food Chain
What is a model that shows how energy flows between living things in an ecosystem.
Biodiversity
What does commensalism mean? Give an example.
What is...
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All the biotic & abiotic factors in an area
What is an ecosystem
The prefix "a" means
What is "not" or"without"
Grass - > Bunny - > Fox
What is the primary consumer?
Genetic Diversity
What is the variation in genes that exist within a species
Give an example.
What is...
+/+
The populations of organisms of different species in a given area and time
What is a community
Biotic Factors
What is...the living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem
Grass - > Bunny -> Fox
Which is in the 1st trophic level?
Grass
Threats to Biodiversity
What is...
Habitat Destruction
Invasive Species
Population Growth
Pollution
Overconsumption
Species Diversity
What is
The number of species and abundance of each species that live in a particular location
All the individuals of a given species in an area at a given time
What is a population
Abiotic Factors
What is... the nonliving elements in an ecosystem
Primary Consumer in a food chain
What is
Biological Benefits of Biodiversity (at least 3)
What is...Food, Medicine, Wood products, Breeding stocks, ornamental plants, future resources, diversity in genes, species & ecosystems.
List at least 3 biotic factors that limit other organisms in its environment
What is...
competition for food, predator-prey relationship, parasitism, disease, human activities
Carrying Capacity
What is the largest number of individuals of the same species that an area can support
Limiting Factor
What is... an abiotic or biotic factor that limits the number of individuals that can LIVE in an ecosystem
Autotroph...
What is it?
Plants (producers)
3 levels of biodiversity
What is
genetic, species, & ecosystem
List at least 3 abiotic factors that limit other organisms in its environment
What is...
sun, temperature, soil, water, changing conditions