Vocabulary
the study of how living things interact with their environment
What is ecology?
The predator at the top of the food chain - nothing eats it
What is an apex predator?
This biome has coniferous trees and is characterized by mild summers and cold winters
annual precipitation: 50 inches
What is boreal forest?
The gas that is primarily responsible for climate change
What is carbon dioxide?
Example of a watershed
What is...
Yellow Breeches creek
Susquehanna river
Chesapeake bay
a group of the same species in a defined area
What is a population?
Living things that contribute to a food web/pyramid
What are biotic factors?
This biome has lush vegetation and a diverse selection of animals
rainfall: more than 80 inches
example: South America
What is tropical rainforest?
Gases such as methane and carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere trap the heat from the sun, not allowing it to radiate back into space
What is the greenhouse effect?
an area of land that has a high amount of moisture
What is a wetland?
is the largest population an area can support
Nonliving things contributing to the food web/pyramid
What are abiotic factors?
Bonus: Name five examples (10 pts each)
An example of this biome is Olympic National Park
What is temperate rain forest?
Earth's overall temperature is rising
What is climate change or global warming?
True or False: a wetland drains into a watershed
What is false?
2 or more populations in an ecosystem
What is a community?
Consumer: eats producer and/or another consumer
Producer: makes its own food
Decomposer: feeds on dead animals/humans
What is...
the energy cycle
Description of a desert biome
What is...
10 inches of rainfall
huge temperature range
Power stations
Industrial processes
Transportation fuels
What are the top three sources of greenhouse gases?
This is an example of an ecosystem in a watershed
What is a wetland? Ex. swamp, marsh, bog
Examples:
food
water
habitat
disease
natural disasters
accidents
What are limiting factors?
Consumers eat producers. Upper-level consumers can eat most of the lower-level consumers below them.
What is...
A food web
A food pyramid
Differences between grassland and savannah biomes
What are...
grasses/shrubs, trees
less rain/more rain
temperate/tropical
This is the #1 source of greenhouse gases
What are power stations?
fertilizers and manure
air pollutants
pesticides
industrial chemicals
mercury
hydrocarbons
What are common pollutants of wetlands?