Biosphere Vocabulary Words

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Biosphere Vocabulary Words

• Look up Words in Chapters 3 of the Environmental
  Science Textbook (under your desk). You will
  have a Vocabulary Quiz on Wednesday.

• TECTONIC PLATE
• WEATHERING
• EROSION
• NUTRIENTS
• TERRITORY
• DORMANT
• HIBERNATION

• GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE
• POPULATION
• COMMUNITY
• ECOSYSTEM
• BIODIVERSITY
• HABITAT
• SPECIES

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3.1 The Changing Environment

• Earth is approximately _________ years old.
• Changes in the Lithosphere
• The lithosphere is made up of ______ _______.
• When plates shift, _______ can occur.
• ______ _______ rise when the movements of the
  plates cause parts of the Earths surface to
  buckle.
• _____ and ____ _____ also affect the shape of the
  land.

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3.1 The Changing Environment

• Changes in the Hydrosphere
• Ice Ages are ________________________
• The movements of glaciers causes _____ ______ in
  the shape of the land.
• Some scientists think that a ______ of Earth on
  its axis is responsible for ____ ____.
• El Nino is warm water currents that last for ____
  _____.
• ____ _____ is one of many recurring patterns of
  change in ocean currents.

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3.1 The Changing Environment

• Changes in the Atmosphere
• 3 gases that existed before life were ____,
  _____, and _____.
• These gases were released from ______ volcanoes.
• Organisms evolved that could combine water, ___,
  and energy in sunlight to produce _____.
• For 3.5 billion years _____, _____, _____, and
  ____ have been cycling from the atmosphere.
• Greenhouse Effect-the trapping of radiated heat
  by gases in the atmosphere.

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VOCABULARY REVIEW

1. The lithosphere s made up of several large
   movable plates called
2. The wearing away of land by weather and water is
   called
3. All the substances that an organism requires from
   food are called
4. An area that is claimed as a living space by an
   individuals animal or group of animals is
   called
5. When an organism becomes ______ the life
   processes within the body slow down.
6. Dormancy in some animals is called ____________
   when the heart rate and breathing slow down.
7. A ____ is a group of organisms so similar to one
   another that they can breed and produce fertile
   offspring.

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VOCABULARY REVIEW

• 8. The specific environment in which a particular
  species lives is its
• 9. The total area in which a species can live is
  called its
• 10. All the different populations that live and
  interact in the same area make up a
• 11. An _____ includes all the communities in an
  area, as well as the abiotic factors in the
  environment.
• 12. The breakdown of rocks by weather and water
  is called
• 13. The variety of species in an ecosystem is
  known as
• 14. All the members of a species that live in the
  same geographic area make up a

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3.2 Needs of Organisms

• Organisms depend on their ________ for everything
  the need in order to ____.
• Water
• The presence of _____ _____ is one of the most
  important factors in the abililty of land to
  _______ _____.
• ______ is needed for plants to _______.

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3.2 Needs of Organisms

• Food and Energy
• Almost all the ____ used by ____ _____ comes from
  the sun.
• Plants and algae make food by _____ energy from
  _______.
• Animals and other organisms get their energy by
  ___ _____.
• Food also contains ______, _______, and other
  _______.

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3.2 Needs of Organisms

• Living Space
• All organisms need ______ to live.
• Animals need space in which to seek _____, _____,
  ______, and _______.
• Climate
• The body temperature of most organisms is
  determined by the ______ of the _______.
• Most _____ _____ lose their leaves and stop
  ______.
• Birds and mammals maintain a ____ body
  temperature. They are called ___-blooded animals.

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3.3 The Ecosystem

• An _____ is a highly organized, _____ environment
  in which all parts exist in a delicate ______.
• Species
• The destruction of a ______ is a serious threat
  to the survival of the species.
• The size of the geographical _____ depends on the
  availability of suitable ______.

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3.3 The Ecosystem

• Populations and Communities
• Populations do not live alone in their _______.
• Communities are often referred to by their
  ______, vegetation.
• Ecosystems
• Ecosystems include ____, ____, and atmosphere in
  an area, as well as the _____ that passes through
  it.
• A healthy ________ includes a wide variety of
  species in its _________.

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The Ecosystem

• An ecosystem is a highly organized, structured
  environment in which all parts exist in a
  delicate balance.
• A species is a group of organisms similar to one
  another in order to breed and produce fertile
  offspring.
• A population all the members of a species that
  live in the same area.
• A community different populations that live and
  interact in the same area.
• An ecosystem includes all the communities in an
  area as well as the abiotic (nonliving)factors in
  that area.

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Ms Monicas Ecosystem

• Species-Roses PopulationMany Roses
• Community Roses, Butterflies, Dragonflies

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Ms Monicas Ecosystem
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YOUR TURN

• YOU ARE TO DESIGN AN ECOSYSTEM POSTER SHOWING THE
  FOLLOWING
• SPECIES (1 PLANT OR 1 ANIMAL)1
• POPULATION(MANY OF THE SAME SPECIES)2
• COMMUNITY(MANY POPULATIONS)3
• ECOSYSTEM (MANY COMMUNITIES ABIOTIC FACTORS)4
  2 Abiotic Pictures
• You may use magazine pictures or draw your own.
• You must label (Species, Populations,
  Communities, and Ecosystem.
• Title (You Your Partners Name Ecosystem)12
  Pictures

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Look up Words in Chapters 3 of the Environmental
Science Textbook (under your desk). You will
have a Vocabulary Quiz on Wednesday.
Matter and Energy Words

• BIOLOGICAL MAGNIFICATION
• BIOMASS
• ECOLOGICAL PYRAMID
• EVAPORATION
• TRANSPIRATION
• LEGUME

• PRODUCERS
• CONSUMERS
• DECOMPOSERS
• TROPHIC LEVEL
• FOOD CHAIN
• FOOD WEB

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4.1 Roles of Living Things

• All ecosystems do 2 things
• 1.
• 2.
• Producers, Consumers and Decomposers
• The organisms of most ecosystems gather food in 3
  basic ways
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.

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4.1 Roles of Living Things

• Producers, Consumers and Decomposers
• ______ make their own food.
• ______ are the most familiar producers.
• Almost all producers _____ _____ from the ____
  and use it to make ____ through ___________.
• Plants are the most important _____ in
  terrestrial ______.
• Consumers _____ make their own _____.
• All animals are _______. They obtain energy by
  eating ____ organisms.

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4.1 Roles of Living Things

• Producers, Consumers and Decomposers (cont)
• List and describe 4 basic kinds of consumers
• H
• C
• O
• S
• Decomposers are
• ______ are crucial to the ecosystem because they
  ______ nutrients.
• Without decomposers, _____ would run out of
  _______.
• Decomposers ________ the cycle of matter in the
  ________.

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4.1 Roles of Living Things

• Trophic Levels
• Trophic Levels are
• Producers make up the ____ _____ _____ trophic
  level in all _______.
• Producers are _______ because they make their own
  food.
• Consumers form the ___ ______ trophic levels in
  the ________.
• Consumers cannot ____ their own food, they must
  obtain ________ by eating ______ organisms,
  ________ are called __________.

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4.2 ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE

• Food Chains Food Webs
• Food Chains are
• Food Chain Orders
• 1st - Producers - Plants
• 2nd - Herbivoers - ______
• 3rd - Carnivoers - ______
• 4th - Decomposers - ________
• Food Webs are
• A food web includes all the ____ _____ in an
  ecosystem.
• Biological Magnification is

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Roles of Living Things

• All ecosystems do 2 things transfer energy and
  cycle matter.
• Producers Make their own food
  (Plants-Photosynthesis)
• Consumers Cannot make their own food(Animals)
• Herbivores Plant-Eaters
• Carnivores Animal-Eaters
• Omnivores Plant/Animal Eaters
• Scavengers Feed on bodies of dead organisms
• Decomposers Bacteria and Fungi that consume
  bodies of dead organisms

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Trophic Levels

• 
  3rd
  Order
• 
  Consumer
• 2nd
  Order Consumer
• 1st Order
  Consumer
• Heterotroph(cant
  make own food)
• 
  Producer
• Autotroph(make their
  own food)

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Food Web Food Chains

• Food Chain- a series of different organisms that
  transfer food between the trophic levels of an
  ecosystem.
• Food Web- a network of food chains representing
  the feeding relationships among the organisms.
  (No Decomposers)

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• YOUR TURN
• You are to design a Food Web using the foam
  creatures given.
• You must use the following words on your food web
  showing your understanding of the word and what
  organism it represents.
• Producer Autotroph Consumer Heterotroph
• 1st Order Consumer 2nd Order Consumer
• 3rd Order Consumer Herbivore
• Carnivore Omnivore
• You must draw arrows coming from the organism to
  the organism it will be eaten by.
• On the back you must write a story showing me
  your understanding of the food web. Make sure
  you use all Vocabulary Words.