Vocabulary
Invasive Species
Human or Nature
Cause and Effect
Wild Card
100
Any toxic substance that enters the ecosystem is called this.
Pollution
100
Give an example of an invasive plant.
Kudzu
100
Hurricane moves a flock of flamingos to Florida. Humans or natural event?
Natural Event
100
A beaver builds a dam and stops a stream. What is the effect on fish that were living downstream (after where the dam was built)?
They lose their habitat and may die
100
Giraffes eat food that is very high up in the trees. What adaptation do they have that helps them reach the food?
A long neck
200
A non-native organism introduced to a new area that can harm the local plants, animals, or people.
Invasive Species
200
This is why invasive species are an issue for ecosystems.
Invasive species take resources and habitats from native species. They also eat/hunt our native animals
200
Cutting down trees to make room for houses. Human or natural event?
Human
200
Humans add toxins to water. How can clams adapt to the new toxins in the water?
Clams develop the ability to filter out toxins
200
Flamingos have changed to live in super salty water. This is an example of how animals do what to survive changes in an ecosystem.
Adapt/change
300
This word means all the living and nonliving things in nature.
Environment
300
This kudzu grows over top of other plants. Describe one effect kudzu has on the ecosystem.
Kudzu take up all the resources that the other plants need to survive (sunshine, water, etc.) and the animals that rely on the native plants will need move
300
Volcano spewing ash into the air as air pollution. Human or Natural Event?
Natural Event
300
This is a natural disaster that can occur after lots and lots of rain in an area over a short period of time.
A flood
300
Only one Florida panther can live in an area, but 10,000 squirrels can live in the same area. Based on this, which species do you think is more at risk of going extinct?
The Florida Panther
400
This word means a community of the living and nonliving things in a place that interact with each other.
Ecosystem
400
An invasive species has entered an area. What happens to the number of native species?
The number of native species decreases
400
Deep pit mining to get phosphate. Human or Natural Event
Human
400
Cause: People start burning trash and other toxic chemicals
Effect: Describe the effect
Air pollution (harder to breathe)
400
The ecosystem changes when the water along the coast start to rise and gets really hot. Explain the effect on the coral and fish in the water that need cool water to survive.
They struggle to live there and have to adapt, move, or start to go extinct.
500
When people work to help protect ecosystems and the the organisms that live in them.
Conservation
500
An invasive species population doubles. What happens to the population of the native species?
The population decreases
500
Wildfire caused by lightning burning hundreds of acres of land. Human or natural event?
Natural Event
500
People farm near a pond. The pesticide they use to keep bugs out of the farm are toxic to animal. It rains and that pesticide goes into the pond. How does the pond ecosystem change?
The animals and plants struggle to survive.
500
People start to build homes in an area that used to be a forest. Describe what happened to the number of animals living in that forest.
The number of animals in that forest decreases (they move out, adapt to their new surroundings, or start to die off)