Unit 3- Energy in Ecosystems

Question 1

saltwater

Answer 1

a general term for water containing
more than 1 part per thousand (1 g/L) of total dissolved solids

Question 2

herbivore

Answer 2

an animal that consumes only plants

Question 3

consumer

Answer 3

an organism that eats other living things to get energy an organism that does not produce it’s own food

Question 4

biosphere

Answer 4

that part of earth in which life can exist

Question 5

food web

Answer 5

a model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things

Question 6

estuary

Answer 6

a coastal body of water where fresh water from a river mixes with salt water from the ocean

Question 7

distribute

Answer 7

to hand out or spread evenly

Question 8

deforestation

Answer 8

the clearing by burning or logging of trees in a forested area

Question 9

energy (organisms)

Answer 9

the ability to do work or cause change can be stored in chemicals found in food and released to the organism to do work

Question 10

carnivore

Answer 10

an animal that eats only other animals

Question 11

swamp

Answer 11

an area of land that is usually covered by water and contains many trees and mosses

Question 12

grassland

Answer 12

an area of land covered mostly with grass with few bushes or trees

Question 13

animal

Answer 13

an organism that is made of my cells cannot make its own food and can move during at least part of its life a member of kingdom animalia

Question 14

organism

Answer 14

any individual living thing

Question 15

environment

Answer 15

all the living and nonliving things that surround an organism

Question 16

biome

Answer 16

a major ecological community such as grassland tropical rain forest or desert

Question 17

marine

Answer 17

having to do with the ocean

Question 18

tundra

Answer 18

extremely cold climate located near the north and south poles and on the tops of mountains receives very little precipitation and has no trees

Question 19

biotechnology

Answer 19

biological science applied to industrial or other technological proposes

Question 20

rainforest

Answer 20

a forest that is humid and rainy for much of a year

Question 21

producer

Answer 21

an organism that makes its own food an organism that does not consume other plants or animals

Question 22

niche

Answer 22

the place or role that an organism has in its habitat

Question 23

bacteria

Answer 23

single celled organisms without an organized nucleus

Question 24

ecosystem

Answer 24

all the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other

Question 25

decomposer

Answer 25

to break down into simple nutrients

Question 26

carbon cycle

Answer 26

a natural cycle in which carbon compounds manly carbon dioxide are incorporated into living tissue through photosynthesis and returned to the atmosphere by respiration

Question 27

freshwater

Answer 27

water that is not salty such as that found in streams and lakes

Question 28

decompose

Answer 28

to break down into simple nutrients

Question 29

coastal plain

Answer 29

a low flat area of land that borders the ocean

Question 30

food chain

Answer 30

a model that shows one set of feeding relationship

Question 31

tropical

Answer 31

describing a climate that is very hot and humid describing an area of earth that is near equator

Question 32

habitat

Answer 32

the location in which an organism lives

Question 33

deciduous forest

Answer 33

a forest containing trees that lose their leaves each year

Question 34

bird

Answer 34

a warm blooded vertebrate with feathers wings and a beak whose young are born from eggs

Question 35

fish

Answer 35

an animal that lives in water has fins and scales and breathes through grills

Question 36

plant

Answer 36

an organism that is made up of many cells makes its own food through photosynthesis and cannot move a member of kingdom plantae

Question 37

drought

Answer 37

a prolonged shortage of rainfall

Question 38

climate

Answer 38

the average weather conditions in an area

Question 39

plankton

Answer 39

small organisms that drift through bodies of waster include animals plants and bacteria

Question 40

insect

Answer 40

a small animal with three body sections two antennae and six legs

Question 41

migration

Answer 41

the movement of a group of organisms from one place to another usually due to a change in seasons

Question 42

community

Answer 42

a group of different populations that live together and interact in an environment

Question 43

parasite

Answer 43

an organism that lives in or on another organism (the host) and obtains nourishment from the host but provides nothing back to that host

Question 44

deforestation

Answer 44

the clearing by burning or logging of trees in a forested area

Question 45

omnivore

Answer 45

an animal that eats plants as well as other animals