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Adaptations
Energy Pyramids
Food Chains/Web
Photosynthisis
Mixed Vocabulary
100
the process in which two species that compete for the exact same resources cannot stably coexist
What is competition
100
The main source of energy
What is the sun?
100
A small model that is used to show how energy moves through a single ecosystem.
What is a food chain?
100
the part of an experiment that is changed by the scientist
What is independent variable
200
A factor that controls the size of a population of an organism, within the environment. These can include space, water, and food.
What is limiting factor
200
the level with the most energy
What is Producers
200
A larger model that is used to show how energy moves through a single ecosystem.
What is food web
200
the change in the experiment that is observed and recorded.
What is dependent variable
200
An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
What is decomposer
300
Organisms develop certain physical or behavioral features that aid in their survival.
What is adaptation
300
The level with the least amount of energy.
What is tertiary level?
300
What arrows in a food web or food chain point to
What is the direction of energy flow
300
In photosynthesis, a plant takes in ________, ________ ________, and ________ to make ________ and ________.
What is light, carbon dioxide, and water---oxygen and glucose
300
grass-->insect-->snake the insect represents which level of consumer
What is primary
400
The population size of a prey can effect the population size of a __________.
What is predator
400
The amount given (or passed on) from each level of an energy pyramid.
What is 10%
400
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
What is prey
400
To be successful in an experiment, it should be: a) only done once b) done multiple times c) it doesn't matter how many times
What is b, done multiple times
400
An interaction in which one organism kills another for food
What is predation
500
Mimicry is an example of a ________ adaptation and migration is an example of a __________ adaptation.
What is physical, behavioral
500
What are the levels of the energy pyramid?
What is Producers, herbivores, omnivores, carnivores.
500
A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
What is scavenger
500
In photosynthesis, plants take out ______ from the atmosphere and release ________ into the atmosphere.
What is carbon dioxide, oxygen
500
What do you call a group of living things that are the same species in a specific area
What is population