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Ch. 6-Lesson 1-4
Lesson 1-4: Ecosystems
Question | Answer |
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What are the two factors that describe organisms and habitats? | Biotic (organisms) Abiotic (Air, water, soil, temperature, & sunlight) |
What is a niche in a habitat? | A role that an animal or plant has in a particular area of its ecosystem |
What is called when both plants and animals live and need each other to survive called? | Interaction |
What are plants classified as in an ecosystem? | Producers |
What are living animals classified as in an ecosystem? | Consumers |
What are the organisms that breakdown plants or animals to begin the first stage of survival called? | Decomposers |
What is defined as a series of steps that involve energy transfer from one organism to another? | Food Chain |
What are the 3 things that plants compete for to survive? | Sunlight, soil, and water |
What are specific living areas to both plants and animals known as? | Environments |
What 4 environmental factors effect an area for plants or animals? | Temperatures, locations, air qualities, or even evaluations |
What speeds are environments made or created in the Earth? | Changes in the environment are slow or fast |
What 4 changes are said to have a major effects to an environment? | Sunlight, water, temperatures, or the competitions for survival |
What is a long-term relationship where one organism helps another? | Symbiosis |
What are bad for organisms that weaken or kill their host because they depend on them to feed? | Parasites |
What are the 3 areas that pollutions have been known to effect environments? | Air, Land, & Sea |
What are the 4 issues that plants or animals have that cause them to die in a new environment? | Different temperatures, Food sources, Predators, and water contents |
What are the 2 main problems that cause animals to be killed for “Black Market” profits? | Poachers and Bad Governments |
What is biotic in an environment? | Organisms that are alive in an environment |
What is abiotic in an environment? | Things that are not alive in an environment |