An organism that can process its own food from solar energy, water, and carbon dioxide from the air.
What is a producer?
100
THE IDEA THAT EXPLAINS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIFFERENT FEEDING RELATIONSHIPS AND THE TRANSFER OF ENERGY IN A FOOD WEB.
TROPHIC LEVELS
100
A ________________ and _________________ is an example of decomposers.
What is mushroom and bacteria?
100
DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PHYSICAL ADAPTATION AND A BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATION WITH AN EXAMPLE.
PHYSICAL: SOMETHING STRUCTURAL THAT THE ORGANISM HAS TO HELP IT SURVIVE
BEHAVIORAL: SOME BEHAVIOR IT DOES THAT HELPS IT SURVIVE
100
How are food chains and food webs different?
A food chain is a single path of events in which one organism eats another. A food web is a combination of interconnected and overlapping food chains.
200
An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms that eat meat
What is a secondary consumer?
200
A PLACE WHERE ANIMAL RELATIONSHIPS EXIST
WHAT IS A HABITAT?
200
A _______________ is a diagram that shows how much energy is available at eat feeding level in an ecosystem.
What is energy pyramid?
200
DRAW A HABITAT WITH 4 ABIOTIC FACTORS THAT AN ORGANISM CAN USE TO SURVIVE
1. WATER
2. OXYGEN
3. SOLAR ENERGY
4. SHELTER
5. FOOD RESOURCE
200
What is the source of energy for most ecosystems?
What is the sun or sunlight, because it provides energy for photosynthesis, which allows producers to make their food, and producers support consumers.
300
A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.
What is a scavenger?
300
The movement of organisms from one place to another when the seasons change.
What is migration?
300
WEATHER AND CLIMATE ARE RELATED BECAUSE ________________________________________________.
ACCEPT LOGICAL STUDENT RESPONSE
300
Precipitation and temperature are the two major abiotic factors that determine what types of plants can grow in an area.
What is true?
BONUS POINT: WHY IS THIS TRUE? PROVIDE EXAMPLE
300
Explain how competition can affect a population of insects.
Competition can make existing species outcompete with each other.
Accept logical student responses.
400
An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
What is a decomposer?
400
A group of land ecosystem with similar climates and organisms around the world.
What is biome?
400
Three ways that organisms may be dispersed is __________, _________, and ________.
What is wind, water, and other organisms?
400
An organism that is carried into a new location by people is referred to as an exotic species.
DEFINE THE WORD "EXOTIC".
EXOTIC, refers to an organism's non-native home
synonyms: foreign, alien, 2nd Home
antonyms: original, native, 1st Home
400
In which biome would you find large herbivores such as elephants and zebras? Explain.
Grasslands, including savannas, because the grasses and nonwoody plants grow in abundance, protected by large herbivores that keep bushes and trees from becoming abundant.
500
The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
What is a food web?
500
Carnivorous plants have this special ability to digest insects and photosynthesize sugar from solar energy, water and carbon dioxide gas.
What is a structural adaptation?
500
Canada is a _________________ biome, because the winters are cold and long and it is covered in fir and spruce forests.
What is boreal forest?
500
DESCRIBE THE 3 PARTS OF A BIOME AND EXPLAIN EACH PART.
1. CLIMATE: WEATHER PATTERNS OVER 30 YEAR TIME SPAN
2. RAINFALL: PERCENTAGE OF WATER FALLING IN AREA
3. ELEVATION: HEIGHT INCREASE OR DECREASE GROUND
500
Which 4 abiotic factors are important to aquatic ecosystems?
What is sunlight, temperature, oxygen, and salt content.