Basics of Life
This is currently the only planet we know of that has life.
Earth
This level consists of all the individuals of the same species living in an area at the same time.
Population
A living thing, usually a plant, that uses sunlight to make its own food.
Producer
Everything around a living thing, consisting of both living and nonliving components.
Environment
Biomes are regions of the planet with similar types of these to things...
Climate and plants/animals
This term refers to all of the living things on a planet.
Biosphere
This is a group of different populations living in an area at the same time.
Community
Any living thing that must eat plants or other animals to get its energy.
Consumer
The specific natural home of an organism, such a pond for a frog.
Habitat
Biomes are generally classified into these two main categories.
Terrestrial (land) and Aquatic (water)
This is the smallest level of organization in the biosphere, ranging from microscopic organisms to blue whales.
Individual
This is a community of interacting organisms and their physical envrionment.
Ecosystem
An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal.
Prey
A very large area defined by its specific climate and types of plants and animals, such desert or rainforest.
Biome
This "dry" Biome is one of the six major types found on Earth.
Desert
There are over this many different types of plants on Earth today.
300,000
This is a large region classified according to the species that live in the specific location.
Biome
An animal, like a hawk, that hunts and eats other animals for food.
Predator
According to the definition of ecosystem, these four nonliving things are essential surroundings for a community.
Water, air, soil, and sunlight
This cold, treeless Biome is mentioned as the final major Biome.
Tundra
The biosphere overlaps these three parts of the Earth that allow life to exist.
Ground, air, water
Arrange these from the smallest to largest: Biome, Individual, Population, Community
Individual, Population, Community, Biome
While a rabbit is a consumer because it eats grass, it also serves as this to a predator?
Prey
While a population is just one "kind" of organism, this refers to all different kinds living together.
Community
Name four of the six major biomes.
Forest, grassland, freshwater, marine, desert, tundra