Environments
These two factors make up all the living and non-living things in an ecosystem.
What are biotic and abiotic factors?
Fur, feathers, scales, colors, patterns, camouflage, claws, teeth, and many others are all examples of this kind of adaptation.
What are physical adaptations?
Every living thing needs this in order to survive. It can be gained through different sources depending on what an organism consumes.
What is energy?
This diagram shows the flow of energy through different levels of the food chain.
What is the energy pyramid?
Goggles, gloves, lab coats, and aprons are all examples of this type of gear.
What are personal protective equipment/PPE?
A measure of a habitat's variety of plant and animal species. The more variance there is, the healthier the ecosystem.
What is biodiversity?
A name for the role the organism plays in an ecosystem.
What is a niche?
These 3 terms describe what kind of food organisms eat to survive.
What are herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores?
These 3 terms are used to describe how an organism gets its energy.
What are producers, consumers, and decomposers?
These types of items should be kept away from the workspace to avoid contamination.
What are food and drink?
These are large areas that are defined by the climate and the living and nonliving things that have adapted to that climate.
What is a biome?
The idea that animals with traits that help with survival are more likely to live longer and reproduce is called this.
What is natural selection?
This occurs when members of the same species or different species live in the same habitat and consume the same resources.
What is competition?
This process is used by plants to capture energy from the sun.
What is photosynthesis?
This should be done at the end of every lab when everything is put away properly for the next time.
What is clean-up?
This occurs when members of a species change behaviorally, physiologically, or structurally in order to survive within a specific habitat.
What is adaptation?
Changes to the environment, even mild ones, can affect organisms that have adapted to certain conditions. This could lead to a decline in the species and possibly this.
What is extinction?
This describes a relationship between two species that benefits them both. An example would be a clownfish living in an anemone.
What is symbiosis?
This process can return some materials to the soil to be used in the next cycle.
What is decomposition?
This safety rule requires you to notify the teacher when a spill happens.
What is Report all Accidents?
Introducing a non-native species into an ecosystem can have devastating effects. This term is used for any foreign species that disrupts the normal activity of the habitat.
What is an invasive species?
Not all behavior is considered an adaptation. Animals returning to populated areas to scavenge food, or avoiding bad-tasting food are considered this.
What is learned behavior?
The position an organism occupies in a food chain.
What is trophic level?
This level of the energy flow pyramid has the greatest amount of energy.
What is the bottom of the pyramid?
You need this before handling, smelling, or tasting the chemicals or substances you will use.
What is the teacher's permission?