Interaction of living things
Any LIVING thing in an ecosystem
Biotic
The environment where an animal lives!
Habitat
this helps plants grow, but can pollute the soil and water.
Fertilizer
The bottom of every food chain and food web
Producer
Carbon dioxide and methane are considered what type of gases?
Green house gases
A group of similar organisms that can reproduce more of the same type of organism.
Species
A Reptile will not survive in the arctic is an example of this.
Ideal temperature
This substance can protect crops from insects
Pesticide
The third trophic level of any food web or food chain
secondary consumer
CO2 and methane in the atmosphere trap this in our Earth
Sunlight/heat
A group of organisms of the same species in the same area
population
Plants need water, CO2 and this _____ to photosynthesize and make sugar
Sunlight
Helps farmers harvest crops (Faster and more efficiently) but pollutes the air.
Harvesting machines
They consume dead plants and animals and break them down into simpler forms.
decomposers
Dead animals and plants create this
Fossil fuels
Fighting for resources, food, shelter.
Competition
Humans can last about 3 days without this....
Water
A rock that contains valuable resources, such as metal.
Ore
30% of the total energy from the food you eat goes to....
Life processes (heart beating, respiration, etc.)
India and the US are the major contributors of burning this dangerous fossil fuel.
coal
Bees and Flowers: Bees receive nectar, they then pollinate flowers for reproduction.
Mutualism
This abiotic substance is dissolved in water, which allows aquatic animals to breath
AIR
What is left behind after extracting the precious metals.
Tailings
If there are 10,000 producers, how many secondary consumers will there be in a typical pyramid of numbers
100
This is the number 1 emitter of carbon dioxide in the world
Power generation