Living and Nonliving Components
Changes in Ecosystems
Energy In Ecosystems
Symbiotic Relationships
Predator and Prey
100
The name of a living thing
What is an organism
100
A trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive
What is an adaptation?
100
Organisms that break down dead plants and animals
What are decomposers?
100
The name for when organisms compete for the same resources
What is competition?
100
The name of an organism that only eats meat
What is a carnivore?
200
All the living and nonliving things interacting in one place are called....
What is an ecosystem?
200
This happens when the last living member of a species dies, leading to its permanent disappearance
What is extinction?
200
This shows a network of 2 or more overlapping food chains
What is a food web?
200
In this symbiotic relationship, both organisms benefit
What is a mutualism/mutualistic relationship?
200
An animal that eats only plants.
What is a herbivore?
300
The name of all different populations living together
What is a community
300
If the producer population decreases, this will happen to the consumer population
What is a decrease in the consumer population?
300
The bottom of an energy pyramid is always made up of this
What are producers?
300
In this symbiotic relationship, one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
What is commensalism?
300
An organism that is hunted and eaten
What is a prey?
400
A large region with similar climate and organisms
What is a biome?
400
This adaptation is where an animal looks like another animal or a plant.
What is mimicry?
400
All energy in an ecosystem begins with this
What is sunlight?
400
The Cordyceps fungus and the ant are an example of this type of symbiotic relationship
What is parasitism/parasitic relationship?
400
The predator at the top of the food chain with no natural enemies
What is an apex predator?
500
The nonliving parts of an ecosystem
What are abiotic factors?
500
This poison dart from is showing this physical adaptation where animals have bright colors so that other animals can see them easily
What is warning coloration?
500
The primary consumer(s) in the image
What is the Caribou, the Lemming, and the Snowshoe Hare?
500
As buffalo move around in a field, they disturb the ground and stir up insects. Cattle egret are birds that live with the buffalo and other livestock. They hop off the back of the buffalo and eat the insects disturbed by it, getting a tasty meal. The buffalo are unaffected by the presence of the cattle egret. Which type of symbiotic relationship is shown between cattle egret and buffalo?
What is commensalism?
500
These organisms are predators to the Snowshoe Hare
What is the wolf, Emine, and Snowy Owl?