Vocabulary
Food Webs
Succession
Biodiversity
STAAR Review
100
An area without any soil establishing an ecosystem
Primary Succession
100
These organisms produce energy through the use of photosynthesis.
What are producers?
100
How long does primary succession occur for?
hundreds to thousands of years
100
What is the most important factor of sustainability?
What is the variety of species?
100
How many groups are there on the periodic table?
18
200
The max potential an ecosystem can have, the 'peak' of an ecosystem
Climax Community
200
These organisms consume producers, therefore they are called ______________ consumers.
What is primary?
200
Species that first inhabit the area
Pioneer Species
200
List the three levels of biodiversity
What are genetic, species, and ecosystem
200
Give an example of Newton's 3rd law
Answers may vary
300
An ecosystem's ability to recover from an event, usually a short term progress
Stability
300
C. sea ducks to have less food
300
What is the main difference between primary and secondary succession?
Primary starts with NO soil and secondary HAS soil
300
A type of species that are not native to an area?
What are exotic species?
300
What kind of weather does a low pressure system bring?
Rainy weather
400
Lichens are described as this for primary succession
Pioneer Species
400
B. sunlight
400
If Miami, FL just had a hurricane and kill several fish and destroy trees, what kind of succession would occur?
Secondary
400
Name 3 human activities that are threats to biodiversity
Deforestation, poaching, mining, destructive fishing, introduction of exotic species
400
All stars begin here
Stellar nebula
500
An ecosystem's ability to stabilize over a long period of time
Sustainability
500
What is the percentage of energy LOST as it moves from producer to primary consumer to secondary consumer?
What is 90%?
500
If a tornado were to hit Frisco and blew some of the soil away, what type of succession would occur?
Secondary
500
What is the difference between stability and sustainability?
Stability is being resilient while sustainability is being resilient over a long period of time.
500
What 3 body systems are in charge of movement?
What are nervous, skeletal, and muscular?