POPULATIONS & RESOURCES REVIEW

VOCABULARY

100

When something becomes different over time.

change

200

What do we call a group of the same type of organisms living in the same area?

 population

300

What is the name for a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like?

sample

400

1. When two or more populations use the same resource, such as the same food source, we say there is __________________.

competition

500

What do we call a particular area where organisms interact with each other and their surroundings?

b) ecosystem

REPRODUCTION

100

What do we call the process of creating offspring?

reproduction

200

1. When one population eats organisms from another population, we say that they are the _____________ _____________.

 consumer population

300

When the number of organisms in a population stays mostly the same over time, it is considered 

a stable population

400

Two populations can compete for the same resource population. A change to one of these populations affects the _____ of the other.

 size

500

What do we call a molecule that organisms can use  for energy needed to survive & reproduce?

energy storage molecule

FOOD WEBS

100

The size of a population can be affected by any population that is connected to it in a __________, even if they are not directly connected.

 food web

200

Elephants eat grass. What is the consumer population?

Elephants

300

All living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria is known as?

organisms

400

What is the name of the model that shows what eats what in an ecosystem?

 food web

500

What do we call a population that is being eaten ?

 resource population

POPS & RESOURCES

100

The owl receives energy from which organisms?

a). grasshopper and mouse

b). mouse and rabbit

c). rabbit and butterfly

d). butterfly and frog

b). mouse and rabbit

200

What do organisms use energy for?

a). Growth only

b). Reproduction only

c). Moving around only

d). Everything they do to survive, grow & reproduce

d). Everything they do to survive, grow & reproduce

300

The smaller the resource population, the ______ energy storage molecules are available for its consumer populations.

less

400

The Human population is increasing worldwide. What does that mean?

More _____________ than _______________

More births than deaths

500

What are the three types of Energy Storage Molecules?

Fat, Carbohydrates/ Starches, Glucose 

RANDOM

100

An HERBIVORE, is a living organism that only eats:

 plants

200

An OMNIVORE is a living organism that consumes: 

Both, meat and plants

300

Symbiosis is an interaction between two different organisms living in close physical contact, typically to the advantage of both. 

a) True

b) False 

a) True

400

In a PREDATIVE ecological relationship, a predator is the resource population and the prey is the consumer population. 

a) True

b) False

False

500

1. Over 50 years, the size of the panther population in the region increased. What best explains the increase in the size of the panther population?

a). No animal eats panthers.

b). Fewer panthers were born than died.

c). More panthers were born than died.

d). A lot of panthers were born and none of them died.

c). More panthers were born than died.