science vocabulary Chapter 4
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Niche | the role of a species in an ecosystem
🗑
|
||||
Habitat | the place where a species lives
🗑
|
||||
ecology | the study of the relationships among living and nonliving parts of an area
🗑
|
||||
ecosystem | all the living and nonliving parts in an area
🗑
|
||||
community | all the populations living together in one area
🗑
|
||||
photosynthesis | the produces by which plants use sunlight to make sugar from water and carbon dioxide
🗑
|
||||
producer | an organism that uses sunlight to make sugar from water and carbon dioxide
🗑
|
||||
consumer | an organism that consumes other organisms for food
🗑
|
||||
scavenger | an animal that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
🗑
|
||||
decomposers | an organism that helps to break down and decay dead organisms and the wastes of living organisms
🗑
|
||||
energy pyramid | a diagram that compares the amount of energy available at each position, or level, in the feeding order
🗑
|
||||
food web | a combination of all the food chains in a community
🗑
|
||||
population | all the members of one species that live in the same area
🗑
|
||||
food chain | a hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.
🗑
|
||||
omnivore | an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin.
🗑
|
||||
herbivore | an animal that feeds on plants.
🗑
|
||||
carnivore | an animal that feeds on flesh.
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
16azegle
Popular Science sets