Ecosystems 1
The physical surroundings of an organism are called this. It includes the biotic and abiotic factors and other conditions that would affect the organism's development.
What is ENVIRONMENT?
An organism that uses sunlight to create its food
What is a PRODUCER or AUTOTROPH
any animal that feeds mainly on plants; plant-eater
What is a HERBIVORE?
This is an example of an acid found in your home.
What is ___________?
(Possible Answers include: VINEGAR, SODA/POP, KETCHUP, MUSTARD, FRUIT JUICES, etc.)
The number of the same species in an area is called this.
What is a POPULATION?
When an animal hunts another animal for food is a non-example of a symbiotic relationship. This relationship is __________
What is PREDATORY or PREDATOR/PREY?
the flow of energy from a producer to one or more consumers. (ie: linked together by their feeding relationships)
What is a FOOD CHAIN?
Living organisms in an ecosystem are called...
What is BIOTIC?
Plants use this process to turn light into chemical energy
What is PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
any living thing that feeds on both plants and animals
What is an OMNIVORE?
Most cleaning products, like bleach, are examples of this type of liquid.
What is a BASE or ALKALINE?
The role of an organism in its ecosystem is called this.
What is NICHE?
A barnacle attaches itself to a whale, catches a ride, and gets food is an example of this symbiotic relationship.
What is COMMENSALISM?
Food chains that is interconnected/overlaps in a particular ecosystem
What is a FOOD WEB?
True or false. Tree leaves are biotic.
What is TRUE?
Something that eats other organisms to survive.
What are CONSUMERS or HETEROTROPHS?
An organism that eats meat
What is a CARNIVORE?
If the pH Scale is greater than 7, the liquid is this type.
What is a BASE?
All the populations living in one place.
What is COMMUNITY?
The growth of good bacteria in the human stomach, which helps with digestion, is an example of this symbiotic relationship.
What is MUTUALISM?
The highest carnivorous organism on the food pyramid.
What is an APEX PREDATOR?
These non-living components - air, water, climate, temperature, and the Sun, are all ......
What are ABIOTIC FACTORS?
On the energy pyramid, these organisms eat only the producer.
What are HERBIVORES or PRIMARY CONSUMERS?
An organism that feeds on dead and decaying organisms Ex. vulture
What are SCAVENGERS?
The measuring tool that determines whether a liquid is an acid or a base, and to what degree.
What is the pH SCALE?
An area that is suitable for a particular organism to live in is called....
What is a HABITAT?
A mistletoe growing on an oak tree weakens the tree but supports the mistletoe's growth, which is an example of this type of symbiotic relationship.
What is PARASITISM?
The arrows in a food chain represent
Where the ENERGY GOES TO NEXT (10%)
The living and nonliving things and the ways they interact in an environment (ex: redwood forest, swamp, Mojave Desert)
What is an ECOSYSTEM?
Most tertiary consumers are this type of animal.
What is CARNIVORE?
Any living thing breaks down the dead remains of organisms
What is a DECOMPOSER?
If you stick a blue litmus paper into an acid, the litmus paper will come out of the liquid this color.
What is RED?
This ecosystem covers most of the Earth's surface.
What is the OCEAN?
When two male deer are fighting over a female, they are in ________________ with one another.
What is COMPETITION?
This is the amount of energy lost at each level of the energy pyramid.
What is 90%?