Succession
What is empirical evidence?
Data that is based on experience and verified by observation.
What does the term predation mean?
What is when 1 organism kills another for food/nutrients
Define mutualism and give an example.
What is a relationship between two species in which both species benefit.
Ex. Ducklings following mom
Pioneer species are also called ________ because they break down rocks.
What is a decomposer
What is biotic
What is a pioneer species?
First species to populate an area during primary succession
ex. Mass, lichens
What do organisms compete for?
What is food, shelter, water, prey, and or mates
Define Commensalism and give an example.
What is a relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.
Ex. Tree and bird nest
Compare a host and a parasite to one another.
What is a parasite is smaller than the host. A parasite causes harm to a host. Host provides nutrients for a parasite.
What is a human impact that can help a population?
What is breeding animals
What is an example of secondary succession?
What is a series of changes in life that occur in an area where ecosystems has been disrupted
ex. Forest fire harms trees
Give an example of an adaptation on a frog. How does this adaptation help them?
What is webbed feet.
Define Parasitism and give an example.
What is a relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed.
Ex. A tick on a human
What is a population?
What is members of the same species that live and interbreed with one another in the same habitat
Name two things that can disrupt a community.
What is humans and pollution
What is an example of primary succession?
What is a series of changes that occur where NO soil or organisms exist, ex. Lava, rocks
How is an organisms energy figured out?
What is how they find food (resources they have and are able to obtain)
What is survival of the fittest. Explain with a real life situation
What is a process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called natural selection
What does immigration mean?
What is when an animal comes into a certain area.
Ex. Bird 1 has no beak
Bird 2 has a beak
2 will win to obtain food because of beak
Give an example of a biome in a biosphere.
What is aquatic
How long might it take for an ecosystem to become balanced?
What is thousands of years
An oxpecker that rides on a zebra is what type of symbiosis? Explain
What is mutualism
Explain how a population declines. List a few vocab terms we learned about.
What is when we hunt for certain animals and they become extinct.
What are the 6 levels of organization (smallest to largest)?
What is Individual, population, species, community, ecosystem, biosphere.