Ecology 2 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Primary Succession | begins in a place that does not have soil, and has never been a home to organisms |
Secondary Succession | begins in a place that already has soil and was once the home of living organisms |
Climax Community | when a community has reached the final stage of ecological succession |
Pioneer Community | first community of organisms to move into a new environment |
Lichen | an important pioneer species- help turn rock into soil by breaking it down using acids it produces |
organism | any living thing |
Population | many organisms of the same species in an ecosystem |
Community | all of the populations in one ecosystem - all producers, consumers and decomposers |
Ecosystem | all the living and non-living things that interact in a particular area. |
Invasive Species | non-native species |
Tadpoles, Trout - What Biome? | Freshwater |
Long severe winters, Conifer Trees, moose - What Biome? | Taiga |
Permanently frozen with lichens and mosses - What Biome? | Tundra |
Adaptation | characteristic of an organism that makes it better able to survive in its environment |
Caumsett State Park - What 2 Biomes? | Deciduous Forest and Freshwater |
Limiting Factors Examples | drought, poachers(hunters), overpopulation, disease, invasive species |
Invasive Species Examples | Asian long-horned beetles and Zebra mussels |
Trees that lose their leaves, Four Seasons - What Biome? | Deciduous Forest |
Hot Humid all year, Percipitation every day, diverse plants - What Biome? | Rainforest |
What is the order that we group all living things from smallest to biggest? | organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere |
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