Guess the Word 1
The environment in which an organism lives.
Habitat
Nonliving
Abiotic
Organism that eats only animals.
Carnivore
Why do animals generally not migrate from one biogeographic realm to another?
Biographical realms are separated by large natural barriers such as oceans, mountains, or deserts.
Study of environment of living things
Ecology
Plants in an ecosystem.
Flora
Organism that eats both plants and animals.
Omnivore
Describe the niche of a butterfly.
its droppings fertilize the plants
it uses the plants as shelter
Adult butterflies drink nectar and pollinate different plants
Butterflies provide food for birds and other animals.
Provide beauty for people to look at.
Area of the earth containing life.
Biosphere
Role of an organism within its environment.
Niche
Organism that eats dead plants or animals.
Scavenger
What is carrying capacity
The maximum population an area can support
Living.
Biotic
Organism that eats only plants.
Herbivore
Organism that breaks down dead material.
Decomposer
How does the number of first order consumers in a given area compare to the number of second order consumers?
There has to be more 1st order consumers than second order consumers.
A good rule of thumb 10 to 1
Community of living things.
Ecosystem/ Biome
Animals in an ecosystem.
Fauna
Mutualism
Relationship which both species benefit.
What law makes the oxygen, water, and nitrogen cycles necessary?
Law of conservation of mass/matter