Keystone Species
HIPPO
Rotting Log
Miscellaneous
100
This species is a keystone species in the Prairie Grasslands within the U.S.
Bison/Buffalo
100
Forest cut down to build houses is an example of
Habitat Loss
100
What is the term for the rotting log to break down
Decomposition
100
France
200
Define the role of a keystone species
A species that has a major impact an entire ecosystem and with the loss of them the whole ecosystem can change and suffer.
200
Animals tangled in plastic is an example of
Pollution
200
What are 3 decomposers that live within the log
mushrooms, bugs, rain and weather
200
I'm the only mammal that is truly able to fly. Who am I?
300
If a keystone predator is removed, this usually happens to the overall biodiversity in the ecosystem.
It decreases
300
Overcrowding leads to more resource use
Population Increase
300
How is a rotting log like a restaraunt?
It creates food for all sorts of animals
300
American car brand that makes the F-150
Ford
400
If herbivores start to take over an entire ecosystem, what is lost in that ecosystem?
A keystone species predator
400
Taking animals for the pet trade
Overharvesting
400
The rotting log reduces and reuses materials which makes it like....
A Recycling Center
400
Who am I?
Captain Barnacles
500
A keystone species ensures the long-term survival of an ecosystem, preventing it from having to do this.
Collapse...getting destroyed....dying off
500
Name all the HIPPO threats to biodiversity
Habitat Loss, Invasive Species, Population Increase, Pollution, Overharvesting
500
When the log breaks completely down over time by the use of bugs, fungi, rain and weather it turns into
Rich Soil
500
Finish the lyrics:
Say it ain't so, I will not go
Turn the lights off...
Carry me home