Vocabulary
all the living things in a particular area, along with the nonliving parts of the environment they interact with.
What is ecosystem?
An organism is a living thing. It represents the largest level of ecosystem organization.
True or False
What is false?
Species with different niches compete less often than those with similar niches.
True or False
What is true?
A group of black tip sharks
What is a population?
Describe one limiting factor from our experiment this week?
What is.....?
the smallest and most specific level of the ecosystem hierarchy
What is an organism?
Which of the levels of organization has the fewest members?
What is organism?
Bonus each person gets 200 points
What is add 200 to each person's score?
A single crab
What is an organism?
Each person in your group list one abiotic factor an organism needs to survive
What is.... Split the points between- each earning 100 points. A group of 3- each person gets 100
is the environment that provides an organism with the things it needs to live, grow, and reproduce. Vocab Tip In a hierarchy, levels all have ranks, and the relationships
What is a habitat?
A habitat is an environment that provides the things an organism needs to 100 points for each correct answer. -100 for each incorrect answer
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1. live
2. grow
3. reproduce
the role of an organism in its habitat
What is niche
All populations of living things, the water, and rocks
What is an ecosystem?
Organisms in an ecosystem have specific roles, also known as ___ .
What is niches?
all the organisms of one species living in the same area.
What is a population?
Bonus Points- You can add a free 400 points to your score and your partner can add a free 200 to their score!
What is add 400 to your and 200 to theirs?
Is the struggle between organisms to survive as they try to obtain the same limited resources at the same time and place
What is competition
All the organisms living in a coral reef environment
What is a community?
All the white-tailed deer in the Texas Hill Country make up a____ , while all the plants and animals in the Texas Hill Country make up a ____ .
What is population and community?
Ecosystem levels can be organized from least specific to most specific in a- begins with the letter H
What is a Hierarchy?
Which number statement is true?
1. A bear and an owl eat different foods in the same area.
2. Two populations of bears eat the same foods in the same areas.
3. Flamingos return to the same area every day to eat brine shrimp.
4. Owls eat moths or beetles at night.
What is statement 2?
a required resource that can hold back population growth
What is the Limiting factor?
Identify the lowest level to the highest level of hierarchy in an ecosystem.
Organism- population-community-ecosystem
Pink flamingos eat algae, small seeds, tiny crustaceans (like brine shrimp), fly larvae, and other plants and animals that live in shallow water. Your classmate says that the pink flamingos and brine shrimp together make a population. Is your classmate correct? Explain why or why not.
What is my classmate is wrong. A population is a group of organisms of the same species living in the same area. For example, the pink flamingos and the brine shrimp are two different populations. Together the flamingos and shrimp form a communityy