E c o l o g y-- v o c a b
Getting rid of wastes
Excretion
An ___________ is an organism that is not indigenous, or native, to a particular area.
Invasive Species
What is the selection and breeding of organisms for desired traits?
Selective Breeding
EXAMPLE: A tadpole changing into a frog
Growth & Development
What is h20?
Water!
What is the practice of living as a parasite in or on another organism.
Parasitism
Other species that migrate include bats, whales, seals, turtles, and insects.
Migration
What is it when a Adaptation in which one species looks like another species?
Mimicry
EXAMPLE: Eating because you feel hungry
Reproduction
Are sharks mammals?
No
A large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra.
Biome
What is the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation?
Carrying Capacity
A slight difference is an inherited trait among individual members of a species.
Variation
EXAMPLE: Your body temperature staying the same
Response to Stimuli (Sensitivity)
What is the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
What is the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes?
Homeostasis
The definition of __________ is something or someone who is native to an area or who naturally belongs there.
Indigenous
A person who studies plants and animals by observing them.
Naturalist
EXAMPLE: What you need for doing all activities
Homeostasis
What do bees collect and use to create honey?
Nectar
A ______ is the match of a species to a specific environmental condition.
Niche
_______ is the movement of either people or animals from one area to another.
Migration
Individuals with helpful variations survive and reproduce better than those without these variations.
Unfavorable
EXAMPLE: A bacterium dividing and becoming two bacteria
Use of Energy (that is created through respiration)
What Makes a Rainbow?
A rainbow is a multicolored arc made by (LIGHT STRIKING WATER DROPLETS.)