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Population - Biomes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ____ is a place where an organism lives and that provides things that an organism needs. | Habitat |
| _____ ______ are the non living parts of an eco-system | abiotic factors |
| _____ ______ are the living parts of an eco-system | biotic factors |
| Name five abiotic factors | water rocks oxygen sunlight soil |
| ______ is one species in one area | Population |
| ______ is the study of how living things interact with each other and the environment | ecology |
| ________ ________ is the number of individuals in one specific area. | Population density |
| Define direct observation. | direct observations are an exact count |
| define indirect observations. | Indirect observations are an estimate |
| name four ways that a population can increase or decrease. Briefly describe each one. | Birth rate: animals are born more than they die Death rate: animals die more than they are born immigration: animals go into a population emigration: animals leave a population |
| what is a limiting factor? briefly explain three limiting factors. | no food: animals die no space: no room for animals bad weather: too cold/hot for animals |
| ________ is an organism that can create its own food. | Producer |
| A _________ is a group of ecosystems with similar climate and organisms | Biome |
| Define tropical rainforest | Very wet, rains a lot, has a lot of trees, lots of sunlight, very hot and humid |
| define temperate rain forest. | More than 300cm of rain of year, its near the equator, has many different species |
| Define a desert | Very dry, very little rain, more evaporation than rainfall. |
| Define a grassland | Good soil, enough rain for grass, but not trees |
| Define a deciduous | Loses leaves in fall and winter, has 50cm of rain each year. Animals migrate from this area during the winter. |
| Define a Boreal (Taiga) forest. | Full of trees that have pine needles, have pine trees. |
| Define a Tundra | Very cold, very dry, has a frozen ground called Permafrost |
| _________ is an organism that obtains its energy by feeding on other organisms | Carnivore |
| Name and describe four types of consumers | Herbivore - eats only plants Omnivore - eats both plants and animals Scavenger - eats dead animals Carnivore - eats only meat |
| A ___________ _________ is a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. | Food Chain |
| A _______ ________ consists of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem. | Food Web |
| What is an Ecosystem | A place with may species that all interact with each other/environment |
| Describe the process in the water cycle | evaporation condensation precipitation |
| __________ is when liquid turns into a gas | Condensation |
| __________ is when water turns into water vapor and rises to form clouds | Evaporation |
| __________ is rain, snow and sleet | Precipitation |
| __________ is changing free Nitrogen into a usable gas | Nitrogen Fixation |
| __________ is a group of different species | Community |
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