Ecology Term 1 & 2

Question 1

Evidence

Answer 1

Information about the natural world that is used to support or go against (refute) claim

Question 2

Scientific argument

Answer 2

a claim supported by evidence and reasoning *claim + evidence +reasoning

Question 3

Claim

Answer 3

A proposed answer to a question about the natural world

Question 4

Disruptions

Answer 4

Disturbances or problems which interrupts a event, activity,or process

Question 5

Ecology

Answer 5

The study of the interactions among living and non-living things and their environment

Question 6

Ecosystem

Answer 6

All of the living and non-living things in an area and their interactions with one another

Question 7

Food chain

Answer 7

The order in which animals feed on plants and other animals

Question 8

Food web

Answer 8

All of the connected and interacting food chains in a system

Question 9

Predator prey

Answer 9

Feeding relationship where one animal kills and the other is killed

Question 10

Competition

Answer 10

Two or more species require the same limited resources

Question 11

Symbiosis

Answer 11

A close relationship of two unlike organisms

Question 12

Commensalism

Answer 12

Helps one species well neither helping nor harming the other

Question 13

Mutualism

Answer 13

Helps both species involved

Question 14

Parasitism

Answer 14

Benefits one species (The parasite) Which live in or on the other(The host). The host Is usually harmed

Question 15

Biotic

Answer 15

Something that is living

Question 16

Abiotic

Answer 16

Non-living

Question 17

Kinetic energy

Answer 17

The energy an object has because of its motion

Question 18

Energy

Answer 18

The strength and vitality required for a sustained Physical or mental activity

Question 19

Decomposers

Answer 19

Organisms that breakdown Dead organisms and return the energy to the soil

Question 20

Herbivore

Answer 20

Organisms that only eat plants

Question 21

Carnivore

Answer 21

Organisms that only eat animals for food

Question 22

Omnivore 

Answer 22

An organism that eats animals or plants for energy

Question 23

Photosynthesis

Answer 23

The process by green plants make food by using Carbon dioxide,water,and sunlight.

Question 24

Zooplankton

Answer 24

plant in the water 💧🌱

Question 25

Phytoplankton

Answer 25

Plant 🪴 > make energy by using photosynthesis ☀️🌱

Question 26

Zebra 🦓 mussels

Answer 26

zebra mussels are an invasive species

Question 27

What is a trophic chart?

Answer 27

Find out more info

Question 28

Invasive species

Answer 28

Is a species that takes over a habitat, ecosystem,or territory

Question 29

How did the zebra mollusels arrive to the great lakes

Answer 29

They hitched on a cargo ship from Europe

Question 30

How are zebra mussels harmful to humans?

Answer 30

Because damage to boats and docks clogged waterways and litter beaches. They don't even taste good

Question 31

How do zebra mussels affect food webs?

Answer 31

They cut off the food supply from other hard shelled organisms by attaching to them. Since they are filter feeders, they clear out huge bodies of water removing food for native invertebrates and small fish

Question 32

Biosphere

Answer 32

The regions of the surface and atmosphere and hydrosphere

Question 33

Population

Answer 33

A group of the same species living in a particular area

Question 34

Producer

Answer 34

An organism that makes its own food

Question 35

Consumer

Answer 35

An organism that obtains energy by eating other organisms

Question 36

Primary consumer

Answer 36

An organism that eats plants and provides the energy needed for other types of consumers

Question 37

Secondary consumer

Answer 37

Organisms that receive energy from the primary consumers

Question 38

Tertiary Consumer

Answer 38

Organisms that can eat both primary and secondary consumers

Question 39

Decomposer

Answer 39

Organisms that break down dead organisms

Question 40

Energy pyramid

Answer 40

A model that shows the flow of energy

Question 41

Relationship Web

Answer 41

An inner circle of close relationships and the outer circle

Question 42

Type?Detrivore

Answer 42

A decomposer that eats dead or decaying matter like earthworms, millipedes and dung beetle

Question 43

Type?Herbivore

Answer 43

Consumer - Herbivores are animals that primarily eat plants. They are known as primary consumers and occupy level 2 or higher in the food chain.

Question 44

Type?Carnivore

Answer 44

Consumer

Question 45

Type?Photosynthesis

Answer 45

Producer

Question 46

Type?Autotroph

Answer 46

producer - makes its own food by using photosynthesis

Question 47

Type? Heterotroph

Answer 47

Consumer that is a A heterotroph is an organism that can't make its own food and must get energy by eating other plants and animals. Examples of heterotrophs include:Herbivores: Eat only plantsCarnivores: Eat only other animals or meatOmnivores: Eat both plants and animalsDecomposers: Break down dead organisms or their waste products into nutrients for soilDetritivores: Eat detritus which is dead or decaying matter

Question 48

Type?Native Species

Answer 48

Consumer

Question 49

Type?Invasive Species

Answer 49

Consumer

Question 50

Prefix/SuffixTroph

Answer 50

Nourishment

Question 51

Prefix/SuffixVore

Answer 51

Carnivore

Question 52

Prefix/SuffixPhoto

Answer 52

SynthesisSynthesis is the process of combining two or more components to produce a new entity

Question 53

Where does all the energy in an ecosystem come from?

Answer 53

The energy from an ecosystem comes from the sun

Question 54

In a food web what do the arrows represent? And which way do arrows point?

Answer 54

To show which animals eat the other like a food chain or a food web

Question 55

What is the role of plants in a food web?

Answer 55

The role of the plants in the food web is to make their own food by doing photosynthesis

Question 56

What does competition mean in terms of a food web?

Answer 56

That means the two animals will compete for the same resources

Question 57

Can an organism be a consumer at multiple levels in an ecosystem?

Answer 57

An organism can be a different trophic levels this occurs when an organism is an omnivore which means it consumes both plants and animals

Question 58

Why are decomposers important to the food web and ecosystem?

Answer 58

They decompose the dead organisms so they can give nutrients to the soil so they can make more green plants

Question 59

A bean plant is an autotroph because it...

Answer 59

A bean plant is an autotroph because it produces his own food by using photosynthesis and other chemicals