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CH 13-14 Review
Consumers that eat both
plants and animals are
called _____.
Omnivore
Overlapping food chains
in an ecosystem create a
more complicated
______ _____ .
Food Web
In an energy pyramid,
which level has the least
available energy?
Top Level Consumer
or
Decomposers
Producers have the
MOST
In which process do
producers use carbon
dioxide to produce other
carbon-containing
molecules?
Photosynthesis
Some ________ convert
nitrogen gas into
nitrogen compounds.
They live in bumps or
nodules on the roots of
certain plants.
Bacteria
Remember
some of them are GOOD
Kudzu, horses, and
pythons were brought
by humans from one
part of the world to
another. These are
examples of
______ _______
Exotic
Species
The typical ________
pattern in an area over
a long period of time is
called climate.
Weather
A group of land
ecosystems with similar
climates and organisms
is called a(n)
__________
Are you paying attention??
Biome
Which biome is
extremely
cold and dry?
Tundra
Caribou, Foxes, Wolves and
Huge Mosquitoes.
Lakes and rivers are
two types of
___________
ecosystems.
Freshwater
We need this for crops and stuff.
Vultures and other
scavengers feed on the
bodies of
______ organisms.
DEAD
Which biome receives
less than 25 centimeters
of rain per year?
Hint: Not always sandy.
Desert
DRY
not always Hot
List 4 types of
precipitation.
Rain
Snow
Sleet
Hail
Which ecosystem is
found where the fresh
water of a river meets
the salt water of the
ocean?
Estuary
What do producers
RELEASE as a result of
photosynthesis?
Oxygen
Remember, they do not
CREATE oxygen, it is a
waste product.
A large variety of life is
found in the _________
forest because it is warm,
humid and rainy and
supports many producers.
TROPICAL
RAIN
FOREST
Bacteria and fungi are
known as ___________
because they break
down the remains of
organisms and their
waste.
Decomposers
Natures Garbage
Recyclers
The boreal forest
contains _______ trees,
has very cold winters
and receives between 35
to 75 cm of rain a year?
Coniferous or Conifers
“Cone Bearing”
like a pine tree
In which ocean zone
would you expect to find
a coral reef?
Neritic Zone
Wind blowing dandelion
seeds and floating
coconuts are both ways
organisms like plants
can be _________ to a
new location?
Dispersed
“Scattered”
The energy role of the
first organism in a food
chain is always a
_____________.
PRODUCER!!!!!!
Mountains and deserts
that are difficult for
organisms to cross are
_______________
barriers to dispersal.
PHYSICAL
Barriers
Temperature and
precipitation determine
an area’s __________ ,
which can limit
dispersal of organisms.
Climate
The soil that is frozen all
year in the tundra is
called ___________.
PERMAFROST
The neritic zone extends
over the _______ shelf
and is part of the
marine ecosystem?
Continental Shelf
“Where the plates
extend out towards
deeper ocean water.”
The part of the open
ocean that receives
enough light for algae to
carry out photosynthesis
is the ________ zone.
Surface Zone
Only the surface gets
enough light.
Create a simple food
chain with at least 4
living organisms.
Sun-Energy
Grass-Producer
st
Insect-1 Consumer
nd
Chicken-2 Consumer
Spicy Chicken-Delicious
The practice of cutting
down some trees and
leaving others behind is
called _____ _____.
Selective Cutting
This allows for a more
diverse forest.
Biodiversity is the
number of different
_________ in an
environment.
Species
Greater diversity in the
food web promotes a
more stable ecosystem.
Farming crops:
Agriculture
Farming fish and
oysters: _________
Aquaculture
Reproducing Pandas in
a Zoo or Nature Reserve
is an example of
____ _____.
Captive Breeding
List 3 reasons species
extinction has increased
in the last few centuries.
Deforestation
Habitat Destruction and
Fragmentation
Over-Hunting / Fishing
Poaching
Pollution
Coal, Oil and Natural
gas are all examples of
___________ resources.
Non-renewable
These take longer to
form than it takes us to
use them up.
List 3 ways we can
preserve and increase
biodiversity.
Laws to Protect Species
Captive Breeding
Wildlife Preserves
Protect the Diversity of
our Ecosystems!