Biomes Level of Organization of organisms Types of Consumers Parts of The Biosphere Vocabulary Words
100
Tundra
What biome is a "polar desert" that has cold temperatures and gets less than 10 inches of rain per year?
100
A Community
What is a group of different species that live together in one area?
100
A Herbivore
What consumer eats only plants?
100
The Hydrosphere
What sphere has all of Earth's water, ice, and water vapor in it?
100
Biodiversity
What is the variation of life on Earth?
200
Desert
What biome has hot temperatures, is very dry, has many nocturnal animals, and it gets less than 10 inches of rain per year?
200
An Ecosystem
What includes all of the organisms as well as the climate, soil, water, rocks, and other nonliving things in a given area?
200
A Carnivore
What consumer eats only animals?
200
The Atmosphere
What sphere is the air blanketing Earth's solid and liquid surface?
200
An Indicator Species
What is a pollutant that moves up the food chain as predators eat the prey?
300
Tropical Rain Forest
What biome has warm temperatures, abundant rain fall all year, and vegetation that includes lush thick forests?
300
An Organism
What is an individual life form in an ecosystem?
300
Omnivores
What consumer eats both plants and animals?
300
The Geosphere
What sphere has the features of Earth's surface-such as the continents, rocks, and the sea floor?
300
A Nonrenewable Resource
What is a resource that can not be replenished and is used up faster than it can be formed?
400
Tropical Grassland
What biome has temperatures that are warm throughout the year with definite dry and rainy seasons and has vegetation that includes tall grasses with scattered trees and shrubs?
400
A Population
What is a group of the same species in an area?
400
A Specialist
What consumer primarily eats one specific organism or feeds on a very small number of organisms?
400
The Anthrosphere
What is the part of the environment that is made or modified by humans and is used for human activity?
400
An Indicator Species
What is a species that provides a sign on the quality on the ecosystem?
500
Temperate Rain Forest
What biome has one long wet season and a relatively dry summer, has evergreen conifers, and has mostly species that migrate to warmer climates in the winter?
500
A Biome
What is a major regional or global community of organisms?
500
Decomposers
What consumers are detritivores that break down organic matter into simpler compounds?
500
The Biota
What is the collection of living things in the biosphere?
500
An Umbrella Species
What is a species that is protected by law in order to protect/preserve its habitat and other organisms?






Unit 10: Ecology

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