Spheres
Food Chains
and Food Webs
Spinning Salmon
Populations
Energy
100

The nonliving parts of an ecosystem are known as _____

What is abiotic parts?

100

A relationship between 2 or more organisms that benefits both

What is mutualism?

100

Salmon are born in  ______ water in cold rivers.

What is fresh?

100
A group of similar individuals living in the same geographic region is called a _________
What is population?
100

The most polluting fossil fuel that has the most reserve (supply)

What is coal?

200

All of the gasses surrounding Earth

What is atmosphere?

200

Arrows on a food web point to ___.

What is consumer/eater?

200

When salmon first hatch, they are called alevin and have a _____ attached.

What is yolk sac?

200

Human populations showed _______ when food supply, hygiene, and health care all improved.

What is exponential growth?

200

An energy source utilized by a fission chain reaction of uranium.

What is nuclear?

300

Plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi all make up this sphere

What is biosphere?

300

Herbivores are in the ___ tropic level.

What is 2nd/primary consumer?

300

Salmon show signs of lethargy or spinning when they don't have enough _____.

What is thiamine?

300

When a population has a low birth rate and a low death rate, it is _____.

What is zero population growth?

300
Energy sources that can be used without depleting or running out of them

What is renewable?

400
All of the water that exists on earth

What is hydrosphere?

400

A diagram showing many food chains.

What is a food web

400

Salmon are considered _________ species because they have a very important role in the ecosystem (provide food and nutrients).

What is keystone?

400

Higher birth rates are typically seen in ______ countries.

What is developing?

400
Wind turbines, hydroelectric dams, coal power plants, and nuclear power plants all have this in common about how electricity is produced.

What is spinning a turbine to generate electricity?

500

The type of boundary where plates slide past each other, often creating earthquakes.

What is transform

500

DAILY DOUBLE!

Using the following 6 terms draw a food web. Deer Cow Human Fish Insects Plants

500

Melting ice increases the amount of sunlight absorbed by the ocean, which accelerates further melting. This is an example of _____.

What is positive feedback?

500

____ is the variety of life and is important to allow ecosystems to function in balance and efficiency.

What is biodiversity?

500

These are released from a coal power plant (name 3)

What is SO2, NOx, particulates, heavy metals?