Bio-polooza
a living factor in an ecosystem.
What is biotic?
A tick and its host represents this kind of relationship.
What is parasitism?
an individual member of a species or population.
The area in which an organism lives.
What is its habitat?
What is primary succession?
all the chemical reactions of each cell that keeps an organism alive.
What is a metabolism?
When one species benefits, while the other is unharmed.
multiple organisms of the same species in a given area.
What is a population?
an organisms job.
What is its niche?
when an ecosystem remains constant with predictable changes.
What is a stable ecosystem?
the variety of organisms in an ecosystem.
What is biodiversity?
In the opening scene of the lion king, Scar hunts down and kills a mouse. The mouse was this in this scenario.
What is prey?
Multiple populations living together.
What is a community?
these variables will keep a population from growing. Can be abiotic or biotic.
What are limiting factors?
the recovery of an old ecosystem.
What is secondary succession?
the movement of different types of matter through living and nonliving components of the ecosystem.
What are biogeochemical cycles?
removing this type of species would cause drastic changes in an ecosystem, due to the fact that the majority of the other species depends on it.
What is keystone species?
The community and abiotic factors in a given area.
What is an ecosystem?
the number of individuals an environment can support.
What is carrying capacity?
lichen and mosses are examples of these.
What are pioneer species?
the study of life. (not on your vocab list!)
What is biology?
The Nile Crocodile and the plover have a unique relationship. The plover cleans the crocodile's teeth (getting free food) and the crocodile gets a free teeth cleaning. This is an example of what kind of relationship?
multiple ecosystems that share similar characteristics but are located in different parts of the planet.
what are biomes?
a balance between Earth's resources, human needs, and other species needs. a look into how to live on earth long term.
What is sustainability?
a mature and stable community or plants and animals.
What is a climax community?