Ecology
Environment Levels
Living Things
Food Chains
Environment Interactions
100
The study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment
What is ecology
100
All the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other.
What is a community
100
An organism that eats only plants
What is a herbivore
100
Living things cannot survive without _________
energy
100
A spider eats an insect. The spider is a predator or prey?
predator
200
LIVING factors in the environment
What is biotic
200
A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area
What is a population
200
An organism that eats only animals
What is a carnivore
200
A scavenger is which of the following: a producer, consumer, or decomposer?
Consumer
200
When 2 or more individuals or populations try to use the same resource, it is called _______________
Competition
300
NONliving parts of the environment
What is Abiotic
300
The part of earth where life exists
What is biosphere
300
An organism that eats both plants and animals
What is an omnivore
300
These organisms eat DEAD plants and animals
Scavengers
300
Blending in with a background is called _________
camouflage
400
Water is an example of a(n) _____________ factor of the environment.
What is abiotic
400
Composed of a community of organisms and their abiotic environment.
What is an ecosystem
400
This is the source of energy for almost all living things
What is the sun
400
Which are more practical in showing how feeding patterns occur in real life: food chain or food web?
Food web
400
What are the 3 types of symbiosis?
Mutualism Commensalism Parasitism *Extra 100 points for each one you can define
500
List the Five Levels of Environmental Organization in order from smallest to largest.
What is Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biosphere
500
A small pond consists of turtles, algae, fish, water, rocks, mud, and grass. This is an example of a(n)___________
ecosystem
500
Organisms that get energy by breaking down dead organisms are called __________________
Decomposers
500
The evolution of 2 species that is due to mutual influence, often making the relationship more beneficial to both species
Coevolution
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