Food Chain/Food Web
Sequence of events that follows the transfer of energy between organisms in one line.
Food chain
A non-native species that causes harm to the environment.
Invasive species
Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.
Migration
Non-living parts of an ecosystem.
Living parts of an ecosystem.
Abiotic factors
Biotic factors
What is a negative quality of pesticide use?
Can be toxic to other plants or animals
Shows many paths in which energy is transferred from one organism to another.
Food web
A species that was intentionally or unintentionally brought to an environment and does NOT cause harm to that environment.
Non-native species
Name 3 ways in which animals navigate.
Examples: Genetics, mental maps, instinct, sun & moon, stars, smell, magnetic field, communication, and ocean currents.
When you use one of more of your senses to gather information about a situation, person, or place.
Obeservation
What is an example of an INTENTIONAL way that non-native species are introduced to a new environment?
Example: People using them as predators.
Draw an example of a food chain
Answers may vary
Name 3 ways in which people can get rid of invasive species.
Examples: pesticides, quarantine, predators.
How do Monarch butterflies navigate?
The sun, internal clock, magnetic poles.
Resources that can be replenished within a human lifetime.
Provide an example.
Renewable resources
Example: solar energy
What are the 5 senses?
Taste, smell, hear, touch, see
The arrow in a food chain, or food web, points to which direction?
Where the energy is being transferred.
Name 2 invasive species found in Florida.
Examples: Burmese python, green iguana
To adjust to new surroundings or a new situation.
Adapt
Environment where an organism lives throughout the year or for shorter periods of time.
Habitat
Any region of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the Earth.
Biosphere
An organism that converts energy using the sun to make its own food.
An organism that feeds on other organisms for energy .
Producer
Consumer
Name at least 3 pathways in which an invasive species might travel.
Firewood, moving, outdoor gear.
Name the stages of a butterfly.
Stage 1: Egg
Stage 2: Caterpillar
Stage 3: Chrysalis
Stage 4: Butterfly
An official instruction by the president that tells Federal agencies to follow certain policies or procedures.
Executive order
What is the purpose of a business?
To be financially successful and to be responsible to the community