All ecosystems consist of things that can be divided into two groups called these, meaning living and non-living.
What is biotic and abiotic?
100
This is a diagram that shows how energy in good flows from one organism to another.
What is a food chain?
100
Symbiosis is a close, long-term association between two or more of these.
What are species or organisms?
100
The goldenrod spider blends in with the goldenrod flower, using a predator adaptation known as this.
What is camouflage?
100
These are organisms that get their food by eating other organisms, mainly other animals.
What are consumers?
200
This is the name for a group of organisms in an ecosystem.
What is a population?
200
This is a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem
What is a food web?
200
In this type of symbiosis, both organisms benefit
What is mutualism?
200
Bird's will search the soil after a rainfall to watch for these prey to pop up to the surface
What are worms?
200
Bacteria and fungi are examples of these, who break down dead organisms.
What are decomposers?
300
This consists of all the populations of species that live and interact in an area.
What is a community?
300
About 10 percent of this is transfered from one organism to the next when it is consumed
What is energy?
300
During commensalism, one organism benefits while the other organism is this.
What is unaffected?
300
This is the adaptation a cheetah uses to help catch it's prey...in a very timely manner.
What is speed?
300
The name for an organism that eats only plants.
What is an herbivore?
400
This is the study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment.
What is ecology?
400
As you go up an energy pyramid, this is what happens to the number of organisms and the amount of energy.
What is decrease?
400
During parasitism, the organism that benefits is called the parasite, while the organism that is harmed is called this.
What is a host?
400
This is when an organism has bright colors to serve as a caution to predators.
What is warning coloration?
400
Producers get their energy from the sun, and make their own food through a process called this.
What is photosynthesis?
500
This is the part of the Earth where life exists...from the deepest parts of the ocean to high in the air.
What is the biosphere?
500
These show how energy moves when one organism eats another in a food web.
What is an arrow?
500
This is a long-term change that takes place between two species because of their close interactions with one another. The ant and acacia tree are an example.
What is coevolution?
500
This is the adaptation a skunk uses when it sprays it's potential predators.
What is a defense chemical?
500
These are omnivores that eat dead plants and animals.