Invasive Species & Biodiversity
An invasive species is introduced to a forest ecosystem. The introduction of this species will most likely cause an increase or decrease in biodiversity?
What is decrease?
This term refers to a single line sequence of who eats whom in an ecosystem.
What is a food chain?
The main source of energy for all ecosystems.
What is the sun?
Arrows in a food chains and food webs represent?
What is the flow of energy?
Converts sunlight through the process of photosynthesis.
What is a producer?
This type of species, often introduced accidentally or intentionally, has negatively affected ecosystems by competing with native species for resources.
What is an invasive species?
A system of interconnected food chains is known as a?
What is a food web?
If animals eat plants to get energy, where do plants get their energy?
What is the sun?
An animal that eats only animals.
What is a carnivore?
Consumes other organisms and producers. (Cannot make its own food)
What is a consumer?
This term refers to the variety of different species and ecosystems on Earth.
What is biodiversity?
In a food web, this organism is typically at the top and has no natural predators.
What is the top (apex) predator? (Carnivore)
_______________ of energy is passed on to each level of consumer after producers.
What is 10%
This animal is the one being hunted by a predator.
What is prey?
Break down dead organisms and return matter to the air and soil.
What is a decomposer?
This human activity, involving the destruction of forests, is a major threat to biodiversity.
What is deforestation?
This process happens in plants, allowing them to turn sunlight into energy.
What is photosynthesis?
This flows in one direction. Much of it is lost to the environment, but some is conserved as it goes from producers to consumers.
What is energy?
This animal hunts and kills other animals for food.
What is a predator?
These animals eat only plants and are found at the bottom of the food web.
What is a herbivore?
You are fishing for Largemouth bass in Forest Park. After two hours of fishing, you have not caught any Largemouth bass, but you have caught several fish that you identify as non-native. Which reason most likely describes why you have been unable to catch any Largemouth bass?
What is the fish you have caught are invasive, and have outcompeted Largemouth bass for resources.
These organisms rely on other organisms for food and cannot produce it themselves.
What are consumers?
Continuously recycled by organisms and the amount of this in an ecosystems stays the same.
What is matter?
As you move up the energy pyramid, the amount of available energy _____ (increases/decreases).
What is decreases?
This organism can be both a predator and prey in a food web.
What is an omnivore?