Science Lifepac 1009 Study Guide

The place where a community of plants and animals lives.

Habitat

Plant-eating animals.

Herbivore

A mutual dependency, connection, or interaction; a mutual relationship.

Interrelationships

A list with numbers of all the names of plants and animals seen in some community or region.

Inventory

What is a species that is extinct?

Passenger Pigeon

In green plants, putting together food molecules with chlorophyll and the light energy from the sun.

Photosynthesis

The tiny, free-floating plants in a lake or ocean; microscopic green algae.

Phytoplankton

Substance or material that causes pollution.

Pollutant

A sampling plot that is used to study and analyze plants and animals.

Quadrat

The ways living things depend on each other and their environment.

Relationships

A type of air pollutant that is a mixture of air gases, chemicals, particles, smoke, and fog.

Smog

What are some basic energy problems?

We are rapidly using fuels and the fuels we are using are polluting the air.

The tiny, free-floating animals in a lake, stream, or ocean; rotifers, brine shrimp, and water fleas.

Zooplankton

The amount of food, water, and space required for all living things of a community.

Balance of Nature

A life zone.

Biome

The zone or later of air, land, and water at the Earth's surface occupied by living things.

Biosphere

Flesh-eating animals.

Carnivore

What is a biome that has many thorny bushes and dense thickets?

Chaparral

The green chemical in plants that traps light energy from the sun.

Chlorophyll

What are two solutions to the problems of pollution?

Cure and prevention

Non-green plants such as fungi and bacteria.

Decomposers

A scientist who studies the relationships of living things to each other and to their environment.

Ecologist

The study of how living things depend on each other and their environment.

Ecology

All the living things of a particular kind so few in number that they are threatened with extinction.

Endangered Species

Organisms that once lived on Earth but all of their kind have died out; a dead species.

Extinct

Food relationships show where organisms get their food; each member feeds on the preceding link.

Food Chains

What are the steps of the ecosystem in order?

1. Sun 2. Soil, Water, and Climate 3. Green Plants 4. Herbivorous Animals 5. Carnivorous Animals 6. Decomposers

What are different species of animals that can live in a tundra biome?

•Bears •Weasels •Mountain Sheep •Squirrels •Bluebirds •Mice •Owls •Caribou •Foxes •Wolves

What are different species of animals that can live in a grassland biome?

•Bison •Pronghorn •Prairie Dogs •Quails •Badgers •Hawks •Bobcats •Snakes •Coyotes •Foxes •Prairie Chickens •Pocket Gophers •Pheasants •Jack Rabbits •Opossums

What are two ways to maintain good management of the balance of nature?

•Good management duplicates natural processes. •Good management decisions are based off of ecology not economics.

What are different species of animals that can live in a desert biome?

•Jack Rabbits •Cottontails •Gophers •Snakes •Lizards •Tortoises •Coyotes •Golden Eagles

What are at least 3 environmental factors?

•Light •Temperature •Water •Elevation (Air Pressure) •Topography (Surface Features) •Gases (Air) •Minerals (Soil) •Growing Seasons

What are different species of animals that can live in a tropical rainforest?

•Monkeys •Termites •Squirrels •Bats •Parrots •Spiders •Deer •Antelope •Snakes •Hummingbirds •Rats •Wild Hogs •Sloths •Bees •Butterflies

What are at least 3 methods used to study ecology?

•Quadrat •Transect •Climatic Maps •Vegetation Maps •Satellites •Lasers

What are different species of animals that can live in a chaparral biome?

•Weasels •Badgers •Skunks •Coyotes •Bobcats •Hawks •Kangaroo Rats •Wild Boars •Mountain Lions •Mice •Quails •Owls •Snakes •Lizards •Deer