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NJ Ask Practice 2
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living organisms
What is biotic facotors
100
special bacteria living underground, take atmospheric nitrogen and put it into nitrogen compound, such as ammonia
What is nitrogen cycle
100
an animal that eats other animals
What is carnivore
100
Name an herbivore, a carnivore, and an omnivore common to New Jersey.
What is herbivore=deer, carnivore=fox, omnivore=bear
100
on page 71- What is not required for a plant to begin photosynthesis?
What is sugar
200
non-living organisms
What is abiotic factors
200
a lake gradually fills up with sediment; starts out as a lake, then bog, marsh, and lastly meadow
What is lake succession
200
a living organism that breaks down dead organisms into smaller parts that can be reused by other living organisms
What is decomposer
200
A pond is a simple example of an ecosystem. Describe how a pond meets the three conditions of an ecosystem.
What is the edge of a pond where it meets the land, fish or birds interacting with it, sunlight entering the pond, and fish get eaten and make offspring
200
Great horned owls and prairie falcons eat field mice that live on grass seeds. What explains the relationship between these species?
What is there are two predators, one herbivore, and one producer
300
a process where plants take the sun's energy and makes their own energy
What is photosynthesis
300
grassland gives way to trees gradually
What is old-field succession
300
the study of natural environment systems
What is ecology
300
In your area of New Jersey, how do abiotic factors change as the seasons change from summer to winter?
What is animals hibernate or migrate in the winter.
300
on page 72- What is an example of an abiotic factor affecting a biotic factor?
What is runoff carries nitrogen compounds into a lake, causing algae to grow.
400
allows people to get energy from food; it is a chemical reaction that occurs in all living things
What is respiration
400
a group of the same species that come together to live in one area
What is population
400
the food relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem
What is food web
400
on page 71- Based on the diagram on top of the page, which of the following would most likely happen if the wolves were to disappear from this food web?
What is the raccoon population would increase.
400
on page 72- What is an order of organisms from producer to highest-level consumer?
What is grass--->mouse--->hawk--->human
500
a process by which carbon is removed from the Earth's system
What is carbon cycle
500
all of the species living in a particular area
What is community
500
an animal that eats both plants and other animals
What is omnivore
500
What is not involved in the nitrogen cycle?
What is volcanoes
500
on page 72- Describe one difference between how matter moves through an ecosystem and how energy moves through an ecosystem.
What is energy moves in levels from producer to top carnivore. Matter moves through an ecosystem in cycles.