Vocabulary
An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.
What is a habitat?
These organisms produce energy through the use of photosynthesis.
What are Plants?
what is biome
A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.
The definition of biodiversity is..
Distinct biological communities that have formed in response to a shared physical climate .
The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving surroundings. This includes abiotic and biotic factors.
What is an ecosystem?
These organisms are herbivores, therefore they are called ______________ consumers.
What is primary?
The biome you would be in if you were standing on a bitterly cold, dry plain with only a few, short plants scattered around
A tundra
two reasons why biodiversity is important.
Biodiversity is essential for the processes that support all life on Earth, including humans.
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
What is commensalism?
These organisms are typically at the top of the food chain. They are called ____________ consumers.
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What are freshwater and marine.
The two major types of water ecosystems.
What are living fossils?
These fossils bear strong similarity with the species, which had before been identified only through the fossil record
A colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air.
what is oxygen
All the energy in a food chain originates from?
the sun
What is deciduous
The name given to trees that lose their leaves during the winter.
What is the stigma used for?
The sticky part of the pistil, used to collect pollen .
A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. Usually written on one line.
What is a food chain?
What is the percentage of energy LOST as it moves from producer to primary consumer to secondary consumer?
90%
What are the 6 major biome?
rain forest, desert, grassland, deciduous forest, boreal forest, or tundra
how is biodiversity measured
Count the number of different species and the total number of each individual species