Biodiversity

a collection of plants and animals that have common characteristics for the environment they exist in

the natural science that studies life and living organisms

can be described as a tall, dense jungle; high amount of rainfall it gets per year; is very hot and humid so the animals and plants that exist there must learn to adapt to this climate

organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms

bears, cats, orangutans and humans are all classified as

the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem

Chemicals in the air and garbage in the oceans are examples of

organisms that eat primary consumers for energy; can either be carnivores or omnivores

the organisms that eat the producers and are herbivores

covers about one-fifth of Earth's surface; can either be sandy, gravelly, or stony; extremely dry area of land with sparse vegetation

environments with high levels of dissolved salt; includes the open ocean, the deep-sea ocean, and coastal ecosystem

shows how each living thing gets food, and how nutrients and energy are passed from creature to creature

this species of living things was born with gills to breathe underwater, but through change, developed lungs to breathe oxygen

Habitat loss is often due to

provides food, water, space and shelter to living things within an ecosystem.

What is one way that humans have a negative impact on biodiversity?

a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life

behavioral or physical characteristics of an animal that help it to survive in its environment

Habitat destruction will often result in the decline of a specific species. When population numbers for this species are very low, we call this

A non-native species introduced into an ecosystem is called an

Covered in feathers, these living things are warm blooded.