Unit One Flashcards
Basic needs of a living thing(4)
Habitat
Food
Water
Air
Definition: Structural Adaptions
Physical adaptions a organism is born with, buck, horns, beak, wings, etc.
Definition: Behavioral Adaptions
Something an animal does to survive, migrate, etc.
Definition: Mutualism
Plus plus
Definition: Parasitism
Plus minus
Definition: Commensalism
Plus equal
Definition: ecological footprint Components(8)
Oxygen Food Water Fibre Energy Recreation Infrastructure Waste Disposal
Definition: Manipulated Variable
The thing YOU change
Definition: Controlled Variable
What does not change
Definition: Responding Variable
What happens as a result from the manipulated Variable
Definition: Niche
The role a plant has in an ecosystem
Definition: Producers
They make the nutrients they need to survive
Definition: Consumer
They eat the food made from producers
Definition: Herbivores
Only eats plants
Definition: Omnivores
Eats plants and meat
Definition: Carnivores
Only eats meat
Definition: Predators
They hunt other species
Definition: Prey
Hunted by Predators
Definition: Decomposers
They break down dead animal and plant matter
The difference between food webs and food chains is…
A food web is a network of relationships among organisms, a food chain is energy being passed down
Definition: Pyramid of numbers
The number of individual organisms at each level of an organism, the number decreases at the top of the pyramid
Definition: Carbon Cycle
The cycle of which carbon is used and reused through an ecosystem.
Definitions: Fossil Fuels
Gas formed from the soft parts of plants and animals.
Definition: Water Cycle
The continuous movement of water through the biosphere.
Definition: Evaporation
Liquid to gas
Definition: Transpiration
Water that evaporates out of a plant
Definition: Condensation
Gas to Liquid
Definition: Precipitation
Snow, Hail, Sleet, Rain, Etc.
Definition: Ground Water
The water gathered on the round from ice, etc.
Definition: Run-Off
Water that runs off into lakes, rivers, or streams, etc.
Definition: Succession
When new species replace old species
Definition: Primary Succession
The growth of a new organisms in a previously bare area
Definition: Secondary Succession
The growth of organisms which was previously home to different species.Like a burned down forest
Things that lead to the extinction of a species…(5)
Habitat loss Introduced species Overuse Pollution Changes in Climate
True or false: Burning wood faster than it can be replanted and grown is an example of sustainability
False
All living things exchange gases. Plants use——–to make food and release—–to the environment.
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
True or false: Burning wood faster than it can be replanted and grown is an example of sustainability
False
All living things exchange gases. Plants use——–to make food and release—–to the environment.
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Definition: Invasive species
Dandelions
