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Ecosystems
Evolution
Bacteria & Fungi
Producers
Consumers
100
Organisms living together with their physical environment such as energy, minerals, air, and water.
What is an ecosystem?
100
Example: When an animal living in the Artic develops white fur.
What is an adaptation?
100
This microorganism is responsible for athlete's foot and yeast infections.
What is a fungus?
100
The three ingredients needed to create carbohydrates (sugars) and oxygen through photosynthesis.
What are CO2, H2O, and SUNLIGHT?
100
Also known as primary consumers
What are herbivores?
200
Living and once living parts of the ecosystem
What is a biotic factor?
200
Selective breeding by humans for certain characteristics.
What is artificial selection?
200
Found in yogurt, these supplements promote and grow "good" bacteria in the body.
What are probiotics?
200
The process of mass removal of trees and forests.
What is deforestation?
200
90% (or 9/10ths) of energy is lost during transfer from one organism to the other to this.
What is heat and activity?
300
A group of various species living together and interacting
What is a community?
300
Bacteria that are tolerant to antibiotics.
What are superbugs?
300
Of the two major types of bacteria, these are most common.
What is eubacteria?
300
Literally meaning naked seed, these plant seeds are not enclosed in fruits.
What are gymnosperms? (conifers acceptable for 1/2 points)
300
Each step of energy transfer, which decreases 10% each level.
What is a trophic level?
400
The prefix which means "not"
What is "a-" as in abiotic?
400
The ability of an organism to tolerate a chemical designed to kill it
What is resistance?
400
These bacteria can survive in extreme environments
What are extremophiles (archaebacteria is also acceptable)
400
When something comes from nature or natural materials, and decomposes to natural materials.
What is biodegradable?
400
The highest point.
What is an apex?
500
Members of the same species living in the same place at the same time?
What is a population?
500
When two species evolve together due to long-term interactions with eachother.
What is coevolution?
500
The role of bacteria and fungi in the ecosystem
What is decomposition?
500
These producers are generally classified as protists, but the blue-green type are a type of bacteria.
What is algae?
500
Carnivores store this much more energy than Apex Predators?
What is 10x?