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Relationships
Energy Flow
Ecosystems
Food Webs
Cycles/Vocab
100
non-living ex: water, sun, soil, air
What is abiotic?
100
symbiosis: living organisms that live close together Examples: parasitism, commensalism, mutualism
What is symbiosis and list 3 examples.
100
an organism that is a able to do photosynthesis, makes its own food ex: plant
What is a producer?
100
a food web is made up of interlocking food chains
What is the difference between a food web and a food chain?
100
Precipitation, condensation, evaportation, transporation
What are the 4 parts of the water cycle?
200
The interactions between the living or non-living
What is an ecosystem?
200
An adaptation is how organisms respond to their environment.
What is an adaptation?
200
Herbivore eats only plants omnivore eats plants and animals carnivore eats only animals
What is the difference between an omnivore and a herbivore and a carnivore?
200
Producers
What is the largest organism in a food pyramid?
200
When matter is used over and over again
What is a cycle?
300
Species: able to reproduce and have young that are able to reproduce Population: number of individuals from the same species, living in the same area Community: all the populations of different species that live and interact
What is the difference between a species and a population and community?
300
Amount of garbage one person creates
What is your ecological footprint?
300
scavengers:do not kill their own food, live off remains of living things that are killed by consumers decomposer: break down dead plants and animals
What is the difference between scavengers and decomposers?
300
10%
How much energy is transferred per level in an energy pyramid?
300
the movement of carbon from land to animals to air and back to lan
What is the carbon cycle?
400
water food (nutrients) energy oxygen suitable living conditions (shelter)
What are the 5 basic needs?
400
Sanitary landfill: has a clay liner to prevent leaching into the soil Regular landfill: solution leaks into the soil
What is the difference between a sanitary landfill and a regular landfill.
400
scavengers: crows, ravens, maggots decomposers: fungi, mushrooms, bacteria
Give 2 examples of scavengers and 2 examples of decomposers.
400
bioinvasion competition predation
What are three ways an environment can change?
500
needs - can't live without wants - luxury
What is the difference between needs and wants?
500
an action that was not predicted or planned
What is unintended consequences?
500
light (energy) + carbon dioxide + water yields food (starches and sugars) + oxygen
What is the word equation of photosynthesis?
500
Primary succession occurs in areas where no life exists due to an absence of soil Secondary succession: a community has been destroyed or disturbed by natural occurences or human activities
What is the difference between primary and secondary succession?