Ecology - GSB 7th Grade

What is the specific part of a community that a plant or animal fills called?

Periods of 24 hr darkness, short growing season, little rain. Which biome?

What is the interacting population within a specific area called?

Most communities rely on this for energy

What were two of the early forms of Scientific Evidence of Evolution?

He went to the Galapagos Islands and because of his research developed the Theory of Evolution

Up to 12 feet of rain a year, really large trees, trees take a long time to decay. Which biome?

What are the plants that first grow in a disturbed area called?

This shows all the possible pathways energy moves through a community

What are non-living factors called?

A wide variety of life. The more variety of life, the more stable the ecosystem.

A large land area that has similar abiotic conditions and therefore similar plants.

This is the largest biome and gets 12"-30" of precipitation per year.

Organisms that eat producers directly

Energy is _________ as it travels up the biomass (tropic) pyramid

Organisms that eat primary consumers

Light green leaves to absorb less heat, small leaves to reduce evaporation. Which biome?

Every organism uses what percentage of the energy it takes in?

The amount of CO₂ and Methane produced by your lifestyle.

Eats other animals, primarily herbivores

What is the process of organisms changing over time?

clover ----> snowshoe hare ----> fox. This is an example of a

What happens to temperature as you go up a mountain?

An organism that converts simple substances into useable energy

The process created by gases in the Earth's atmosphere that traps heat energy from the sun.

What is the process that drives evolution?

An organism that breaks down and absorbs nutrients from dead animals and plants

Herbivores eat primarily what?

What is succession?

An area that receives little rain due to a mountain range causing clouds to lose their moisture

Believes in the bible's theory of creation. Does not believe in evolution.

The weight of life in a given area

The process by which plants and other organisms use the sun's energy to produce chemical energy

What are two major abiotic conditions that create biomes?