Ecosystems & Interactions
What is the term for all living and non-living things interacting in a specific area?
Ecosystem
Worms, ants, and rabbits are examples of what type of factors?
Biotic Factors
What is a series of changes in an ecosystem over time called?
Succession
What organisms make their own food and form the base of the biomass pyramid?
producers
What do we call a species at risk of extinction?
Endangered species
What do we call factors like sunlight, water, and temperature?
Abiotic Factors
Air and sunlight belong to which category of environmental factors?
Abiotic factors
What type of succession begins on bare rock after a volcanic eruption?
Primary succession
What do we call consumers that eat plants and occupy the second level of the pyramid?
primary consumers
What do we call a non-native species that disrupts ecosystems?
Invasive Species
What is the maximum population size an environment can support?
Carrying Capacity
Give three examples of biotic factors.
Plants, animals, fungi
What type of succession occurs after a wildfire?
Secondary succession
What do we call consumers that eat herbivores and occupy the third level?
Secondary consumers
True or false, invasive species are a species that are at risk of disappearing forever
false
Name two factors that affect carrying capacity.
Food and water availability
Give three examples of abiotic factors.
Water, soil, temperature
What is the term for the variety of life in an ecosystem?
Biodiversity
What do we call top predators that have no natural enemies?
Apex predators
What is the difference between a barn owl and emerald ash borer
A barn owl is endangered
An emerald ash borer is invasive
What term refers to the total mass of living organisms in an ecosystem?
Biomass
Which abiotic factor is essential for photosynthesis?
Sunlight
Scientists have discovered approximately what percentage of species on Earth: 12.5%, 25%, 37.5%, or 50%?
12.5%
Arrange these in order from bottom to top of a biomass pyramid: producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer, apex predator.
Secondary consumer, apex predator, producer, tertiary consumer, primary consumer
Name one major consequence of introducing invasive species to a new habitat.
Loss of biodiversity