The process through which green plants capture light energy from the sun
What is photosynthesis
100
A group of individuals of the same species living in the same place at the same time
What is population?
100
Water, matter and weather are all examples of ________limiting factors.
What is abiotic
100
Eutrophication a result from synthetic fertilizers, can destroy an aquatic habitat by
What is promoting excessive surface plant growth
100
Two cycles that include photosynthesis are
What Carbon and Oxygen cycles.
200
Energy from the sun is stored in green plants as...
What is starch
200
Individuals that leave a population and go live elsewhere is called
What is emmigration?
200
The relationship where one animal eats another is
What is predation?
200
Burning fossil fuelsresults in
What is increased Carbon Dioxide levels?
200
The location of a region north or south of the equator measured in degrees
What is latitude?
300
two models that show how energy is passed through the ecosystem
What are food chain and food web
300
Four factors that determine the size of a population at any given time
What are death rate, immigration, birth rate, and emigration
300
Living things need to interact with three things in order to make an ecosystem...
What is: one another, other species, and abiotic factors that make up their environment?
300
Skin cancer, reduction on food supplies, and reduction of phytoplankton in the oceans are believed to be a result of
What is Thinning of the ozone layer?
300
A deer moving to a new place in search of food is an example of
What is transportation?
400
An owl eats a weasel, which ate a mouse, this is an example of a ____________consumer
What is tertiary?
400
A species that has been brought into an area from another area that is far away or overseas is known as _______species
What is exotic?
400
Made up of living and non living things
What is ecosystem?
400
The Three R's of garbage disposal
What is Reduce, Re-use, Recycle?
400
The life process represented by a spider with an insect caught in his web
What is nutrition?
500
The amount of energy transferred in a pyramid of energy from one trophic level to the next ____%
What is 10%
500
Animals or plants in danger of becoming extinct are called
What is Species at risk?
500
This biome receives adequate precipitation to support trees, has long cold winters, cool summers and lies in Northern latitudes of the world.
What is Boreal Forest Biome?
500
Marshy areas that remain moist throughout the year, exhibit huge biodiversity, filter water, natural CO2 storage, and being lost at a rate of 80 acres/day.