THIS IS ECOLOGY Food Chains Webs Ecology Vocabulary
THIS IS ECOLOGY
Food Chains & Webs Ecology Vocabulary ‘trophs & ‘vores more ‘trophs & ‘vores Biodiversity & Biosphere threats Cycles of matter 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 300 400 400 400 500 500 500
Many of these overlapping, single pathways make up a food web. A 100
What are Food Chains? A 100
This is the primary energy source of any food web, in any ecosystem. A 200
What is the sun? A 200
All plant-eaters are in this trophic level of a food web. A 300
What is the primary or first level? A 300
A quaternary consumer is also known as this level consumer (some number) A 400
What is the 4 th level? A 400
In any food web, the arrows always point in this direction. A 500
What is “of energy transfer? ” A 500
“self-feeder” B 100
What is an autotroph? B 100
“otherfeeder” B 200
What is an heterotroph? B 200
Humans, birds and bears may be thought of as this type of ‘vore B 300
What is an omnivore? B 300
This primary (first level) consumer is this type of ‘vore. B 400
What is a herbivore? B 400
This type of ‘vore eats decomposing organic matter called detritus. B 500
What is a detritivore? B 500
Producers are all this type of ‘troph. C 100
What is an autotroph? C 100
Consumers are all this type of ‘troph. C 200
What is a heterotroph? C 200
The organism in the picture is this type of ‘troph. C 300
What is a heterotroph? C 300
DAILY DOUBLE C 400
A bacon-double cheeseburger with lettuce onions and tomatoes may be lunch for this type of ‘vore. C 400
What is an omnivore? C 400
This tertiary (third level) consumer may be this type of ‘vore. C 500
What is a carnivore or omnivore? C 500
This layer in the Earth’s atmosphere is being depleted which may let in the UV rays that harms living things. D 100
ozone D 100
Pollution from car exhaust and factories may combine with water vapor in the air to form this type of rain. (It can lower the p. H of lakes and streams, which caused loss of species. ) D 200
What is acid? D 200
Clearing rainforests for farmland or firewood, destroys the “homes” of many animals. An animal’s “home” is known this. D 300
What is habitat? D 300
A form of water pollution in which detergents are dumped into lakes and ponds, may cause this type of growth, that can lead to the death of fish. D 400
What is an algal bloom? D 400
This is the term for separation of wilderness areas from other wilderness areas due to development of the land by human development. (It can greatly disrupt habitats and cause local species extinction. ) D 500
What is habitat fragmentation? D 500
Too much greenhouse gases, can lead to too much greenhouse effect, which can lead to this type of warming. E 100
What is global? E 100
Water, snow, sleet or hail falling to earth. E 200
What is precipitation? E 200
This is the process of water vapor becoming liquid droplets. E 300
What is condensation? E 300
This greenhouse gas contains inorganic carbon which may be released to the atmosphere by breathing, or burning fossil fuels. E 400
What is carbon dioxide ( CO 2)? E 400
Fertilizer used by farmers contains an organic form of this element. Besides fertilizer this element may also become organic by lightning the atmosphere or bacteria in the soil. E 500
What is nitrogen (N 2)? E 500
The study of the relationship between organisms and their environment. It involves interactions with their environment as well as each other. F 100
What is Ecology ? F 100
The place on Earth where all life can be found. F 200
What is the biosphere? F 200
These make up the nonliving part of the environment including: air currents, temperature, moisture, soil, sunlight, etc. . F 300
What are abiotic factors? F 300
A group of organisms, all the same species, which interbreed and live in the same area at the same time. F 400
What is a population? F 400
All strategies and adaptations a species uses in its environment ---how it meets it needs for food, shelter, how and where it survives and where it reproduces. F 500
What is a niche? F 500
The Final Jeopardy Category is: Threats to the Biosphere Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin
This type of species, accidently introduced into another ecosystem than where it is usually found, can eliminate other species that normally live there. Click on screen to continue
What is Invasive Species? Click on screen to continue
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