Ecosystem
What are biotic and abiotic factors?
Biotic factors are living things in an ecosystem like fish, trees, etc.
Abiotic factors are non-living factors in an ecosystem like rocks, soil, etc.
What is the primary source of energy in an ecosystem?
The Sun.
What is usually the first step of the food chain?
First Step: Producers such as plants absorb sunlight and turn that into energy.
What is symbiosis?
Symbiosis is any close relationship between organisms of different species.
What is natural selection?
What is a biosphere?
Biospheres are the parts of earth that support life.
What are producers, and what do they do?
Producers are photosynthetic organisms like plants. They take in light from the sun and transform it into energy.
What is the second step of the food web?
Second Step: Herbivores that eat plants such as Deer or Rabbits.
What is mutualism?
Mutualism is a symbiosis relationship in which both species benefit.
(Ex. Bee pollinating flowers)
The intentional breeding of organisms with desired traits to make an offspring with those traits.
What are biomes?
A large area characterized by its vegetation, soil, climate, and wildlife.
What are consumers?
Consumers are organisms that eat other organisms instead of producing their own food.
What is the third step of the food web?
Third Step: Carnivores and omnivores such as bears and wolves eat the herbivores.
What is commensalism?
Commensalism is when one animal is helped and the other is not affected.
Random changes in the DNA sequence of an organism's genes.
What are ecosystems?
Places that include living things and non–living things.
What are decomposers?
Decomposers, such as bacteria and fungi, are organisms that break down the remains of animals.
What is a food web?
Food Web: is a model that shows all the possible feeding relationships among the organisms in a community.
What is parasitism?
Parasitism is when one organism benefits and the other is harmed.
What is Genetic Engineering?
The manipulation of an organism's genetic material using biotechnology techniques
What is a population and a community?
A population is made up of all organisms of the same species that live in an area.
A community includes all the populations animals living together in one ecosystem.
What is a food chain?
Food Chain: Is a way of showing how energy passes from one organism to another. Most food chains include three steps of organisms.
(Random Question Because I Need To Fill Space)
What is my favorite color?
Purple :)
What is an example of mutalism?
Possible answer: (Bee Pollinating Flowers)
What are adaptations?
The ability of an organism to adjust to its environment in order to survive better and reproduce more.