Question | Answer |
What do we call a group of the same species all living in an area? | A population |
What do we call all the living things in an area? | A community |
What is an ecosystem? | All the living AND nonliving factors |
Biomes are characterized based on what two factors? | TEMPERATURE AND AMOUNT OF WATER |
The biome with warm temps and very little rain is called | Desert |
What is meant by the term BIODIVERSITY? | Many different types of living things |
What biome is the most biodiverse? | Tropical rainforest |
What biome do we live in? | Deciduous forest |
What are deciduous trees? | Trees that lose their leaves in the fall and regrow them in the spring |
What is a biotic factor? | Anything living in the area. Animals, plants, bacteria, etc. |
What do we consider to be abiotic factors? | Anything that effects the ecosystem but is NONLIVING. Examples include type of rocks, soil, water amounts, temperature, etc |
What are producers? | Any organism that makes its own food. In other words, any plant that undergoes photosynthesis |
Producers are also called........ | autotrophs |
Name the 5 different types of consumer. | Herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, scavenger, decomposer |
Herbivores eat........ | plants only |
Carnivores eat........ | meat only |
Omnivores eat...... | both plants and animals |
Scavengers eat...... | dead organisms |
Decomposers return nutrients to the soil. Name some examples. | Fungi, bacteria and worms |
At what level of the food pyramid is the most energy available? | The bottom level (the producer level) |
A deer is considered to be a ___________ consumer because it eats producers. | Primary |
What eats Primary Consumers? | Secondary Consumers |
What is evaporation? | When liquid water converts to water vapor |
What process is responsible for cloud formation? | condensation |
One organism benefits and the other is unaffected | Commensalism |
Both organisms benefit | Mutualism |
One organism benefits and the other is harmed | Parasitism |
What is a pioneer species? | The first species to begin life in an area. Always a simple plant |