Question | Answer |
Carnivore | A consumer that eats only animals. |
Competition | A situation in which two or more organisms attempt to use the same resource. |
Energy pyramid | A model that shows how energy is used in a food chain or an ecosystem. |
Pollution | Anything produced that harms the environment |
Herbivore | A consumer that eats only plants or other producers. |
Omnivore | A consumer that eats both producers and consumers. |
Decomposer | An organism that obtains energy by consuming dead organisms and the wastes of living organisms. |
Respiration | Energy producing process in which a cell combines oxygen with sugars and gives off carbon dioxide and water. |
Taiga | Forest biome characterized by trees that lose their leaves each year |
Tundra | The northernmost and coldest biome. |
Permafrost | Ground that is permanently frozen. |
Biome | Large geographic region with a particular kind of climate and community. |
Estuary | Place where fresh water from rivers or streams mixes with saltwater from the ocean. |
tropical rainforest | Biome that has much rainfall and high temperatures all year |
Desert | Biome with little rainfall and usually high daytime temperatures |
Saltwater Biome | Water biome with high salt content |
Freshwater Biome | Water biome that has a low salt content |
Temperate Deciduous Forest | Forest biome characterized by trees that lose their leaves each year |
Grassland | Biome characterized by few trees and many grasses |