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True or False: Oil, Coal and sunlight are limited resources
false
Why is water a renewable resource
because of the water cycle
What happens to predator populations if the prey population decreases?
the predator population decreases.
TRUE OR FALSE: Coral is a biotic factor
TRUE
Abiotic
Non Living
What is uranium used for
Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons
Why is coal nonrenewable.
because it takes millions of years.
Look at the food web, what is the Apex Predator (top consumer) of the food chain.
The Eagle.
Name three ABIOTIC FACTORS found in an ocean.
water, oxygen, soil, rocks, sunlight
Ecosystem
A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them.
What is an aquifer used for
What are the 3 conditions needed for coal to form
Lots of time
Dead swamp plants/animals
Lots of pressure
Look at the following food web, what happens to the population of mangoes if the fruit fly population increases
the mango population will decrease
Corn, plants, lavandar, mangoes
Fruit fly, butterfly. grasshopper
A resource that takes millions of years to make
What id a secondary consumer
the organism that eats the primary consumer
What are the three conditions needed for oil to form
Dead marine (ocean) plants and animals
Lots of time
High pressure
What abiotic factors do plants depend on? (3)
Soil, Water, Sunlight
Name 2 organisms who compete in the following food web:
Why is there oil in the Middle East, but not Hawaii?
Because the middle east was covered by an ocean 100 million years ago, and oil is made from dead ocean plants and animals.
Why are resources unevenly distributed on earth?
Because of geoscience processes such as
earthquakes
erosion
tornados
Look at the following food web, what would happen to the rat, grasshopper, and corn population if the Python population increases.
rat population decrease
grasshopper population increases
corn population decreases
Two fish live in the same pond, and eat the same plants. What would increase competition?
less water (space), less plants to eat, more fish
Interspecific competition
When different species of animals fight over the same resource