SCIENCE EOG REVIEW

1. SCIENCE EOG REVIEW ECOSYSTEMS

2. Science EOG Vocab Review 2011 nv

3. All the interacting living and nonliving things in an area describes an ___.

4. ECOSYSTEM • All the interacting living and nonliving things in an area describes an ___.

5. A nonliving factor in an ecosystem is called an ____ factor.

6. Abiotic • A nonliving factor in an ecosystem is called an ____ factor.

7. Abiotic factors in an ecosystem include light, water, s__ __ __ __, temperature, air, and m __ __ __ __ __ __ __.

8. Soil, minerals • Abiotic factors in an ecosystem include light, water, s__ __ __ __, temperature, air, and m __ __ __ __ __ __ __.

9. The living parts of an ecosystem are called ___ factors.

10. biotic • The living parts of an ecosystem are called ___ factors.

11. Living organisms that produce oxygen and food that animals need are called ____.

12. producers • Living organisms that produce oxygen and food that animals need are called ____. dezinerfolio.com

13. Animals, or ___, produce the carbon dioxide that plants need.

14. consumers • Animals, or ___, produce the carbon dioxide that plants need.

15. ____ break down dead organisms and produce minerals that enrich the soil.

16. decomposers • ____ break down dead organisms and produce minerals that enrich the soil.

17. Partly decayed plant matter that enriches the soil is called ____.

18. humus • Partly decayed plant matter that enriches the soil is called ____.

19. The populations in a community ____ with each other in different ways.

20. interact • The populations in a community ____ with each other in different ways.

21. A person who investigates the activities of living things in an ecosystem is called an ____.

22. ecologist • A person who investigates the activities of living things in an ecosystem is called an ____. Guy Pe’er, PhD

23. The place where an organism lives is called its ___.

24. habitat • The place where an organism lives is called its ___.

25. What a species eats and what eats that species is part of its ___, or role in the ecosystem.

26. niche • What a species eats and what eats that species is part of its ___, or role in the ecosystem.

27. Organisms survive difficult times by ____ to changes in their environment.

28. adapting • Organisms survive difficult times by ____ to changes in their environment.

29. The study of how living things and their environment interact is called ___.

30. ecology • The study of how living things and their environment interact is called ___.

31. All living things require ___ to stay alive.

32. water • All living things require ___ to stay alive.

33. Living things need ____ such as iron and calcium.

34. minerals • Living things need ____ such as iron and calcium.

35. sunlight , dioxide • Algae and plants must have ___ and carbon ___ to make food.

36. sunlight , dioxide • Algae and plants must have ___ and carbon ___ to make food.

37. Animals require oxygen to produce the ___ their bodies need.

38. energy • Animals require oxygen to produce the ___ their bodies need.

39. The overlapping food chains in a community

40. Food web • The overlapping food chains in a community

41. A living thing that hunts other living things for food

42. predator • A living thing that hunts other living things for food

43. An animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals

44. scavenger • An animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals

45. The original source of energy in an ecosystem

46. sun • The original source of energy in an ecosystem

47. The path of energy in food from one organism to another

48. Food chain • The path of energy in food from one organism to another http://waddell.ci.manchester.ct.us/claymation/2008/6/food-chain.gif

49. An animal that eats only other animals

50. carnivore • An animal that eats only other animals http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/animaldiet/carnivore.gif