Question | Answer |
What is the definition of an ecosystem? | The interaction between living organisms and their physical environment |
Which statement best describes an important difference between plants and animals? | Plants use carbon dioxide from the air and water to make their own food while animals get food by eating other organisms. |
What materials are needed for photosynthesis? | Sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide |
What is a producer? | An organism that can create its own food |
Where does an ecosystem get most of its energy | From the sun |
What is the best way to display how a population can change over time? | Line Graph |
What happens to a population once it reaches its carrying capacity? | The population stops growing and stays relatively balanced |
If a population has not reached its carrying capacity, what is likely to happen to the size of that population? | It will continue to grow |
What is a population? | A group of a specific species living in a certain area. |
What is a trade-off | A negative consequence of an action. |
Why do invasive species usually survive in their new ecosystems? | They rarely have predators in that new area. |
What products are created as a result of cellular respiration? | Energy, Heat, Carbon Dioxide, and Water |
What are characteristics of living things | Is made of cells, reproduces, grows, uses energy, creates waste and can move |
Where does cellular respiration occur within the cell? | Mitochondria |