Vocabulary
What can be defined as a biological community of organisms and their environment?
ecosystem
These organisms produce energy through the use of photosynthesis.
What are Plants/ Producers?
What part of the plant cell helps with photosynthesis?
Chloroplast
What type of worms did we build habitats for?
blackworms
Give an example of mutualism between two species
Pollinators eat nectar from flowers and spread the pollen to other plants for reproduction.
In a particular area, the interaction of climate, geography, and plant and animal life is called:
a biome
What is used to show the flow of energy in a food web?
arrows
What do plant cells have around the outside that animal cells do not?
cell wall
What are two things that blackworms need in their habitat?
water, leaves, bark, bacteria
Give an example of a keystone species
wolves of yellowstone
What is a population? Give an example.
groups of individuals of a single species that live in the same place.
ex: all of the frogs in a pond
What is the original source of energy in all food webs?
Why doesn't the part of an onion that we eat do photosynthesis?
it grows underground (no sunlight)
Write down 3 of the 8 biomes you had to choose from in class
freshwater, marine, desert, tundra, taiga, deciduous forest, grassland, tropical rain forest
A herd of deer is an example of a:
biome, habitat, community, population, or ecosystem
population
The process by which producers get their energy.
photosynthesis
A predator at the top of a food pyramid might be an example of which kind of importation species?
keystone
What is created by photosynthesis?
oxygen and sugar (glucose)
What is an example of competition?
trees competing for space
animals competing for food
animals competing for water
Define community
A group of different species living in the same area.
A type of symbiotic relationship when one organism hunts and eats another.
predator/prey
Create a food web of a forest in Oregon. Include at least three organisms and include arrows.
answers vary...
What do most plants need for photosynthesis to occur?
List 3 things.
Carbon Dioxide, Water, Sunlight
define habitat
a physical space that provides all the things a species needs to survive
Explain how a keystone species effects its ecosystem
Keystones are species that control the population sizes of other species in their environment. Typically, they are the top predator. If they are removed, the grazers reproduce too much and take over - eating all the producers (plants) in the area