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Biotic is what?
A living thing
What is another word for living things?
Organisms
Abiotic is what?
A non-living thing
What is another word for “the biotic and abiotic elements in an area and their interactions”
Ecosystems
What is another way of saying tiny living things
Micro-organisms
A relationship that helps both species
Mutualism
A hunter is a
Predator
The hunted is
Prey
A large area of land with similar climate and is characterized by a unique mix of plants and animals
Biome
What are the 8 biomes?
Tropical rainforest, savanna, grassland, chaparral, desert, temperate deciduous forest, boreal forest/taiga, tundra.
Where are tropical rainforest located?
Equatorial zone
What is the climate like in a trop. Rain.
Warm and humid
Plants and animals in a trop. Rain.
Dense plant life, tree canopy, bright, camouflaged and toxic animals
Human impacts on trop. Rain.
Deforestation, pressure from government to protect
Where is a tropical savanna found?
Equator
Where is a temperate savanna found
Mid latitude
Where is a mediteranean savanna found?
Mediteranean
Where is a flooded savanna found?
Tropics
Where is a montane savanna found?
High altitude
What does a savanna look like?
Flat land with grass and low lying shrubs
What types of animals live in the savanna?
Grazing mammals, rodents birds
Human impacts on savannas?
Wildfires, disruptive farms, poaching, droughts
Where are boreal forests/taiga located?
Northern hemisphere
How much of the land do boreal forests/taiga take up?
11%
What types of trees live in boreal forests/taiga
Conifers
What is a water source in boreal forests/taiga?
Freshwater lakes
What types of plants are in boreal forests/taiga
Thick tree canopy an floor moss
What are some examples of animals in boreal forests/taiga?
Caribou,beavers,bears, North American Atlantic salmon
Where are tundras found?
Arctic, alpine
What biome is vast,dry and rocky
Tundra
Why do plants go dormant in the tundra
Frozen soil
What are some animals that live in the tundra
Polar bears, snowbirds
What are the 5 basic needs of biotic elements
Oxygen,water,food,energy,suitable habitat
Examples of producers
All green plants and some bacteria
Examples of consumer
Herbivores,omnivores,carnivores
What does an animal do with the energy
Metabolism
Finding food
Reproduction
Running away from predators
–% of the energy moved on to the next tropic level
Rule of 10%
—-outnumber ——–
Plants,carnivores
What is the order of the food chain?
Producers to primary consumers (herbivores) to secondary consumers(carnivore)
What is a tertiary consumer?
A primary and secondary consumer
What is an example of a terterqry consumer
Humans
A ——– shows how energy is passed between living things in an ecosystem?
Food chain
Every food chain begins with —-?
The sun
Living things that use sunlight to make food
Producers
Living things that feed on others below them in the food chain
Consumers
Animals that only eat plants
Herbivore
Animals that eat other animals
Carnivore
Animals that eat both plants and animals
Omnivore
An organism that eats waste or deteris
Detitris
