7th grade ecology Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Microscopic photosynthetic organisms | phytoplankton |
Ecosystem in salty water | marine |
Biome, where trees can not grow due to the cold | tundra |
Hot, dry regions that support a variety of plants and animals | desert |
Tropical Grassland with scattered trees | savanna |
Symbiotic relations in which both organisms benefit | mutualism |
A symbiotic relationship where only one organism benefits | commensalism |
Symbiotic relationship where one organism has benefit while another is harmed | parasatism |
A geographic area characterized by certain types of plants | biome |
Forest which loses its leaves | deciduous |
Forest which contains mostly evergreen trees | coniferous forest |
This forest has the most biological diversity | tropical rain forest |
The environment, which an organism lives within | habitat |
An organism’s way of life within an ecosystem | niche |
When two or more individuals try to use the same limited resources. | competition |
Organism which is eaten by another organism | prey |
The organism which eats another organism | predator |
Organisms which eat producers or other organisms for energy | omnivores |
A consumer which eats plants | herbivore |
A consumer which eats animals | carnivore |
Animals which feed off dead animals | carnivores. |
Organisms that get energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms | decomposers |
A representation of the pathway of energy as it moves through the ecosystem | food chain |
A representation of the MANY pathways of energy throughout an ecosystem | food web |
A triangular shaped model of the movement of energy through an ecosystem | trophic level |
The study of interactions between organisms and their environment | ecology |
The part of the environment that is made up of living things | biotic |
Part of the environment made up of nonliving things | abiotic |
Group of individuals of the same species that live together in same area | community |
All populations of different species that live and interact in an area, | ecosystem |
This is made up of a community of organisms and its abiotic environment, | biosphere |
The part of the Earth where life exists, | biosphere |
Organisms which use sunlight to make food, | producers |
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