Ecosystems 1
This relationship harms its host
parasitism
What would happen to the deer population in an ecosystem if the wolf population left the ecosystem?
increase
Crayfish and vultures are _______________?
scavengers
The rocks, soil, air, water, animals, and plants in a particular area are parts of the area’s __________________.
ecosystem
This biome has more lakes and ponds because of the moving sheets of ice?
Taiga
The role of corn in a food chain
What is a producer?
Sun, rocks, soil, and temperature are ____________factors?
abiotic
This biome has more lakes and ponds because of the moving sheets of ice ___________
taiga
The area in which each animal lives and obtains its food is its ________________.
habitat
Nutrients and energy flow through a community in a _________________
food chain
Snakes are considered a ______ in the food web
what is a consumer?
What must happen before a new community can form in an area?
a producer must begin to grow
Prairies and Savannahs are types if this biome, rich topsoil, some animals are elephants, zebras, and prairie dogs __________________
grasslands
How have desert plants adapted to their environment? __________________
storing water or long reaching roots
What begins every food chain _______________
sunlight
What is a herbivore?
Lions, tigers and Owl are______________?
carnivores
Biome where trees lose their leaves each year, some animals are dear and bears_____________
deciduous forest
When food is scarce, the population that feeds on the food will ____________.
decrease in numbers
Plants have adapted by storing water in this biome
Desert
Decomposers, trees, fish and birds are ____________ factors?
biotic
Bacteria, fungi, and earthworms are ____________?
decomposers
When a species dies out completely, that species has become __________________.
extinct
The job a species performs is its ______________
niche
biome where trees lose their leaves each year?
Deciduous Forest