Ecological Organization
What is a population?
A group of species that live in the same area.
What do herbivores eat?
Plants only
What is solitary behavior?
Species live ALONE.
What are the three states of matter?
Solid, Liquid, Gas
What is a Biotic factor?
Living thing
Which order do the 4 levels of organization go in?
Individual, Population, Community, Ecosystem
What is an example of a producer?
Grass, bamboo, fern
What is social behavior?
Species are in a pack.
What is energy?
Gives things the ability to move.
What is an Abiotic factor?
Non living thing
What is carrying capacity?
Maximum amount of individuals in a given area.
Who do secondary producers eat?
Primary consumers
What is one advantage of a solitary animal?
No competition
Which type of energy shows something that has not moved yet, but will?
Potential
What is a learned behavior?
Something we are taught
What is limiting factors? AND Example.
Anything that limits population growth.
Example: not enough food, water, shelter, mating
If the primary consumer has 500 calories, how many does the secondary consumer have?
50 Cals
What is a disadvantage of a social animal?
Too much competition
A desk is an example of....
Matter
A species that influences others.
What shape does exponential growth show?
J- shape
Which trophic level starts out with the most calories? (Rule of 10)
Producers
What is an innate behavior?
Done without thinking; inherited
circle
What were the two types of Biodiversity we covered?
Genetic and Species