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Vocabulary 1
Food Webs
Biodiversity 1
Biodiversity 2
Vocabulary 2
100
An environment that provides the things an organism neds to live, grow, and reproduce.
What is a habitat?
100
These organisms produce energy through the use of photosynthese.
What are Plants?
100
A group of land ecosysems with similiar climates and orgaisms.
What is a biome?
100

the variety of different organisms living in a certain area

Biodiversity

What is biodiversity ?

100
The organism that a parasite lives in or on in a parasitism interaction.
What is a host?
200
The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving surroundings. This includes abiotic and biotic factors.
What is an ecosystem?
200
These organisms are herbivores, therefore they are called ______________ consumers.
What is primary?
200

A situation in which two species share a requirement for a limited resource thus reducing the fitness of one or both species.

What is competition?

200

A group of interbreeding individuals occupying the same area is best called

What is a population?

200
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.
What is prey?
300
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
What is commensalism?
300
These organisms are typically at the top of the food chain. They are called ____________ consumers.
What is tertiary?
300

Ticks found on cattle.

What is an example of parasitism?

300

All the ways in which a species interacts with the ecosystem, i.e., what it eats.

What is a niche?

300
A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.
What is a scavenger?
400
An organism that breaks down wases and dad organisms.
What is a decomposer?
400
This is a way to show how energy in a food web is allocated. Usually there is a large base and a pointed top.
What is an energy pyramid?
400

The concentrations of gasses in the atmosphere that trap heat produce

What is the greenhouse effect?

400

Tree - abiotic or biotic?

What is a biotic factor?

400
An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
What is predation?
500
A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. Usually written on one line.
What is a food chain?
500
What is the percentage of energy LOST as it moves from producer to primary consumer to secondary consumer?
What is 90%?
500

Pond - population, community, or ecosystem?

What is an example of an ecosystem?

500

The term given to a species that plays a very important role in an ecosystem. The ecosystem would fall apart quickly if this species disappeared.

What is a keystone species?

500
A group of organiss that are physically similar and can mate wit each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce.
What is a species?