Ecosystems Vocabulary Clickers Interactive Presentation Created by: Cindy Jarrett Teachin g Slides Ecosystems Vocabulary
Jan 15, 2016
Ecosystems Vocabulary
Clickers Interactive Presentation
Created by: Cindy Jarrett
Teaching
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Ecosystems Vocabulary
any of the plants and algae that produce oxygen and food
that the animals need.
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1. Consumer2. Decomposer3. Producer4. Scavenger
Producer:any of the plants and algae that produce oxygen and food that the animals need.
any of the plants and algae that produce oxygen and food that the animals need.
Producer:
– All the living and non-living things in an area and their
interactions with each other.
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1.Habitat2.Community3.Population4.Ecosystem
Ecosystem – All the living and non-living things in an area and their interactions with each other.
Ecosystem – All the living and non-living things in an area and their interactions with each other.
Any of the fungi or bacteria that break down dead plant and animals into useful things like minerals and rich soil.
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1.Producer2.Decomposer3.Consumer4.Scavenger
Decomposers – any of the fungi or bacteria that break down dead plant and animals into useful things like minerals and rich soil.
Decomposers – any of the fungi or bacteria that break down dead plant and animals into useful things like minerals and rich soil.
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MEMBERS OF A KINGDOM THAT CONTAIN ONE CELLED AND MANY-CELLED LIVING THINGS THAT ABSORB FOOD THROUGH THEIR ENVIRONMENT. A DECOMPOSER- MUSHROOMS ARE AN EXAMPLE.
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1.Scavengers2.Fungi3.Carnivores 4.Herbivores
FungiFungi: members of a kingdom that contain one celled and many-celled living things that absorb food through their environment. A decomposer- mushrooms are an example.
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1.Scavenger2.Herbivores 3.Threatened 4.Decomposer
a meat eating animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals.
Scavenger - a meat eating animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals.
Scavenger - a meat eating animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals.
– the place where a population lives.
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1.Community2.Population 3.Niche4.Habitat
Habitat: the place where a population lives.
living things that are capable of reacting to stimuli, reproduction and growth.
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1.Germination
2.Organism3.Population 4.Habitat
Organisms – living things that are capable of reacting to stimuli, reproduction and growth.
Organisms – living things that are capable of reacting to stimuli, reproduction and growth.
- a cool, forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern Hemisphere.
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1.Taiga2.Deciduous 3.Temperate 4.Rainforest
Taiga - a cool, forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern Hemisphere.
Taiga - a cool, forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern Hemisphere.
A flowering plant in the pea family. Grown to feed livestock.
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1.Mustard2.Elodea 3.Alfalfa 4.Wheat
Weathering: The process of breaking rock into soil, sand, and other tiny pieces.
Alfalfa
Alfalfa –a flowering plant in the pea family. Grown to feed livestock.
Alfalfa –a flowering plant in the pea family. Grown to feed livestock.
is a perennial aquatic plant often called water weeds. Often used in aquariums.
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1.Alfalfa 2.Duckweed3.Rye 4.Elodea
Elodea – is a perennial aquatic plant often called water weeds. Often used in aquariums.
Elodea – is a perennial aquatic plant often called water weeds. Often used in aquariums.
a plant species that grows very small seeds that can be ground to use as a spice. The plant itself can be eaten as greens as well.
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1.Elodea 2.Rye 3.Alfalfa 4.Mustard
Mustard – a plant species that grows very small seeds that can be ground to use as a spice. The plant itself can be eaten as greens as well.
Seeds
A world wide cultivated grass that is harvested and the seed is ground into flour to make bread. Second largest crop in the world..
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1.Wheat2.Rye3.Mustard4.Elodea
Wheat – A world wide cultivated grass that is harvested and the seed is ground into flour to make bread. Second largest crop in the world.
Wheat – A world wide cultivated grass that is harvested and the seed is ground into flour to make bread. Second largest crop in the world.
A cold, treeless biome of the far North, marked by spongy topsoil.
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1.Taiga2.Tundra 3.Desert4.Rainforest
Tundra - a cold, treeless biome of the far North, marked by spongy topsoil.
Tundra - a cold, treeless biome of the far North, marked by spongy topsoil.
the source of all energy to our planet.
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1.Sun 2.Carbohydrate 3.Petroleum 4.Magma
Sun – the source of all energy to our planet.
Sun – the source of all energy to our planet.
–a mutually beneficial relationship between two kinds of organisms over time.
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1.Carnivorous 2.Parasitism 3.Symbiosis 4.Competition
Symbiosis- symbiotic –a mutually beneficial relationship between two kinds of organisms over time.
Symbiosis- symbiotic –a mutually beneficial relationship between two kinds of organisms over time.
–moisture that falls to the Earth after being mixed with wastes from burned fossil fuels.
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1.Precipitation 2.Hail 3.Snow 4.Acid Rain
Acid rain –moisture that falls to the Earth after being mixed with wastes from burned fossil fuels.
Acid rain –moisture that falls to the Earth after being mixed with wastes from burned fossil fuels.
– the food making process in green plants that uses sunlight.
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1.Symbiosis 2.Food chain 3.Photosynthesis 4.Germination
Photosynthesis – the food making process in green plants that uses sunlight.
Photosynthesis – the food making process in green plants that uses sunlight.
– the sprouting of a seed into a new plant.
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1.Germination2.Decomposition 3.Photosynthesis 4.Gestation
Germination – the sprouting of a seed into a new plant.
– a single member of a species.
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1.Community2.Individual 3.Population4.Niche
Individual – a single member of a species.
– all the members of one species
in an area.
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1. Population2. Individual 3.Habitat 4. Community
Population – all the members of one species in an area.
– all the populations living in one area.
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1.Individual2.Population 3.Habitat4.Community
Plate: The rigid blocks of crust and upper mantle block.
Community – all the populations living in one area.
–the role an organism has in its ecosystem.
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1.Habitat 2.Niche 3.Food Chain4.Individual
Niche –the role an organism has in its ecosystem.
-a sandy or rocky biome, with little precipitation and little plant life.
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1.Desert 2.Taiga 3.Tundra 4.Prairie
Desert – a sandy or rocky biome, with little precipitation and little plant life.
the path of the energy in food from one organism to another.
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1.Food Web2.Competition 3.Food Chain4.Energy
Pyramid
Food chain – the path of the energy in food from one organism to another.
– the overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
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1.Food Web2.Food Chain3.Energy
Pyramid4.Competition
Food web – the overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
The graphical representation of the levels (nutritional) by which the incoming solar energy is transferred into an ecosystem.
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1.Food Chain2.Food Web3.Ph Paper4.Energy
Pyramid
Energy pyramid - An energy pyramid is the graphical representation of the levels (nutritional) by which the incoming solar energy is transferred into an ecosystem.
- active demand by two or more organisms or kinds of organisms for some environmental resource in short supply
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1.Niche 2.Competition 3.Population4.Habitat
Competition - active demand by two or more organisms or kinds of organisms for some environmental resource in short supply
– a forest biome with many kinds of trees that lose their leaves each autumn.
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1.Deciduous Forest
2.Rain Forest 3.Tundra4.Taiga
Deciduous forest – a forest biome with many kinds of trees that lose their leaves each autumn.
a behavior that was observed by an individual that they find it to be beneficial to them in some way.
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1.Hibernation 2.Migration 3.Instinct 4.Learned
Behavior
Learned behavior - a learned behavior is a behavior that was observed by an individual that they find it to be beneficial to them in some way.
These added to the environment can create algae blooms which can choke out existing organisms in an aquatic ecosystem.
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1.Road Salt2.Increased
Nutrients3.Acid Rain4.Pollution
Increased nutrients- increased nutrients added to the environment can create algae blooms which can choke out existing organisms in an aquatic ecosystem.
no longer exists. This organism will no longer be found alive on the earth.
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1.Protected2.Threatened 3.Extinct 4.Endangered
Extinct – no longer exists. This organism will no longer be found alive on the earth.
a hot, humid biome near the equator, with much rainfall and a wide variety of life.
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1.Tundra2.Tropical Rain
Forest3.Desert 4.Deciduous Forest
Tropical rainforest – a hot, humid biome near the equator, with much rainfall and a wide variety of life.
a species threatened with extinction; broadly : anyone or anything whose continued existence is threatened.
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1.Endangered 2.Protected3.Extinct4.Threatened
Endangered - a species threatened with extinction; broadly : anyone or anything whose continued existence is threatened.
- having an uncertain chance of continued survival ; specifically : likely to become an endangered species
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1.Endangered2.Threatened 3.Protected 4.Extinct
Threatened - having an uncertain chance of continued survival <a threatened species>; specifically : likely to become an endangered species
Threatened - having an uncertain chance of continued survival <a threatened species>; specifically : likely to become an endangered species
an unnatural substance added to the Earth’s land, water or air.
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1.Pollutant 2.Wind Erosion3.Germination4.Water Erosion
Pollutant- an unnatural substance added to the Earth’s land, water or air.
a biome where grasses, not trees, are the main plant life.
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1.Taiga2.Tundra3.Grassland 4.Deciduous
Forest
Grasslands – a biome where grasses, not trees, are the main plant life. Prairies are one kind of grassland region.
Used to determine the level of acidic, neutral or basic of a substance.
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1.Thermometer 2.Aneometer 3.Ph paper4.H2O
Ph-Paper – Used to determine the measure of its ph which tells the level of acidic, neutral or basic of a substance.
- a largely inheritable and unalterable tendency of an organism to make a complex and specific response to environmental stimuli without involving reason
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1.Instinct 2.Learned
Behavior3.Extinct4.Habitat
Instinct - a largely inheritable and unalterable tendency of an organism to make a complex and specific response to environmental stimuli without involving reason