Environmental Vocabulary Study Tips

An ecosystem is how biotic and abiotic in an area ____________________ . interact with each other

Biome Large land regions with given climates.

Biotic Factors Any plant, animal or living thing that is part of a biome.

Abiotic Factors Any nonliving part in an ecosystem, such as water, minerals , sunlight, air and soil.

Biodiversity wide variety of life on earth.

Climate The pattern of precipitation and temperature throughout the year.

Food Chains What is a food chain? A model of how the energy in the food is passed from organism to organism in an ecosystem.

Food Chain Members What is a population? All the organisms of the same kind living in the same place.

Food Chain Members All the populations living together in the same place. What is a community?

Food Chain Members An animal that gets its energy from eating plants. (NO MEAT) What is an herbivore? I do not eat meat!

Food Chain Members What is a carnivore? A animal that gets its energy from eating meat.

Food Chain Members Animals that get energy by eating from eating both plants and animals What is an omnivore?

Food Chain Members Any plant that can make their own food (PLANTS) What are producers?

Food Chain Members Any animal that eats plants or eats other plant-eating animals. What are consumers?

Food Chain Members What are scavengers? an animal or other organism that feeds on the soft parts of dead animals. Ex. Vultures, Ravens and Hyenas

Food Chain Members Any fungi or bacteria that breaks down dead plants and animals into useful material that enrich the soil. ex: fungus, bacteria What are decomposers?

Food Web A model of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

A _____ is the role the animal or species plays in a food web A _____ is the role the animal or species plays in a food web. (think job) NICHE

moved from one level to another Energy Pyramid - a model that shows the amount of energy in each level of ecosystem _____________________. What are the lowest trophic level of the Energy Pyramid? The Producers

A step in the movement of energy in an Energy Pyramid is called a ___________ . Trophic Level

Energy Pyramids The farther up you travel on the food chain, the more energy that is _____to heat and activity. lost

Carbon dioxide, water and light energy In Photosynthesis the ingredients are ______, ______ and ________ . Carbon dioxide, water and light energy The end products of Photosynthesis are _______ and _______ . Glucose and Oxygen

Photosynthesis is a ______ ______ ________ . Food making process that takes place in the leaf (the chloroplast)

All food chains end with ___________ . decomposers

Each step in the Energy Pyramid is called a ___________ . 1 % Trophic Level What percentage are Secondary consumers? 10 % What percentage are Primary consumers? 100 % What percentage Are producers?

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