2. CH 13-14 Review

3. Consumers that eat both plants and animals are called _____.

4. Omnivore

5. Overlapping food chains in an ecosystem create a more complicated ______ _____.

6. Food Web

7. In an energy pyramid, which level has the least available energy?

8. Top Level Consumer or Decomposers Producers have the MOST

9. In which process do producers use carbon dioxide to produce other carbon-containing molecules?

10. Photosynthesis

11. Some ________ convert nitrogen gas into nitrogen compounds. They live in bumps or nodules on the roots of certain plants.

12. Bacteria Remember some of them are GOOD

13. Kudzu, horses, and pythons were brought by humans from one part of the world to another. These are examples of ______ _______

14. Exotic Species

15. The typical ________ pattern in an area over a long period of time is called climate.

16. Weather

17. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms is called a(n) __________

18. Are you paying attention?? Biome

19. Which biome is extremely cold and dry?

20. Tundra Caribou, Foxes, Wolves and Huge Mosquitoes.

21. Lakes and rivers are two types of ___________ ecosystems.

22. Freshwater We need this for crops and stuff.

23. Vultures and other scavengers feed on the bodies of ______ organisms.

24. DEAD

25. Which biome receives less than 25 centimeters of rain per year? Hint: Not always sandy.

26. Desert DRY not always Hot

27. List 4 types of precipitation.

28. Rain Snow Sleet Hail

29. Which ecosystem is found where the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean?

30. Estuary

31. What do producers RELEASE as a result of photosynthesis?

32. Oxygen Remember, they do not CREATE oxygen, it is a waste product.

33. A large variety of life is found in the _________ forest because it is warm, humid and rainy and supports many producers.

34. TROPICAL RAIN FOREST

35. Bacteria and fungi are known as ___________ because they break down the remains of organisms and their waste.

36. Decomposers Natures Garbage Recyclers

37. The boreal forest contains _______ trees, has very cold winters and receives between 35 to 75 cm of rain a year?

38. Coniferous or Conifers “Cone Bearing” like a pine tree

39. In which ocean zone would you expect to find a coral reef?

40. Neritic Zone

41. Wind blowing dandelion seeds and floating coconuts are both ways organisms like plants can be _________ to a new location?

42. Dispersed “Scattered”

43. The energy role of the first organism in a food chain is always a _____________.

44. PRODUCER !!!!!!

45. Mountains and deserts that are difficult for organisms to cross are _______________ barriers to dispersal.

46. PHYSICAL Barriers

47. Temperature and precipitation determine an area’s __________, which can limit dispersal of organisms.

48. Climate

49. The soil that is frozen all year in the tundra is called ___________.

50. PERMAFROST

51. The neritic zone extends over the _______ shelf and is part of the marine ecosystem?

52. Continental Shelf “Where the plates extend out towards deeper ocean water.”

53. The part of the open ocean that receives enough light for algae to carry out photosynthesis is the ________ zone.

54. Surface Zone Only the surface gets enough light.

55. Create a simple food chain with at least 4 living organisms.

56. Sun-Energy Grass-Producer Insect-1 st Consumer Chicken-2 nd Consumer Spicy Chicken-Delicious

57. The practice of cutting down some trees and leaving others behind is called _____ _____.

58. Selective Cutting This allows for a more diverse forest.

59. Biodiversity is the number of different _________ in an environment.

60. Species Greater diversity in the food web promotes a more stable ecosystem.

61. Farming crops: Agriculture Farming fish and oysters: _________

62. Aquaculture

63. Reproducing Pandas in a Zoo or Nature Reserve is an example of ____ _____.

64. Captive Breeding

65. List 3 reasons species extinction has increased in the last few centuries.

66. Deforestation Habitat Destruction and Fragmentation Over-Hunting / Fishing Poaching Pollution

67. Coal, Oil and Natural gas are all examples of ___________ resources.

68. Non-renewable These take longer to form than it takes us to use them up.

69. List 3 ways we can preserve and increase biodiversity.

70. Laws to Protect Species Captive Breeding Wildlife Preserves Protect the Diversity of our Ecosystems!