Please provide an example of a heterotroph.
Any animal, fungi, etc.
The non-living components of an ecosystem are called _______ factors.
abiotic
A carnivore is an organism that eats only ________.
animals
An omnivore is an organism that eats _______ ___ _________.
plants and animals
What is an organism that produces its own food using light or chemicals?
Autotroph
The living components of an ecosystem are called ______ factors.
biotic
Explain natural selection and how it relates to the theory of evolution.
Natural selection explains that organisms with traits that allow them to survive are more likely to reproduce. This causes evolution over time.
What is this an example of?
Food web
What is this an example of?
Energy pyramid
Charles Darwin noticed that finches on the Galapagos islands had differently shaped beaks on the different islands. Why?
They ate different things.
How does the fossil record support the theory of evolution?
It shows changes in a species over time.
An organism's genus and species together makes up it's _______ _______.
Scientific name
What is a type of symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits at the expense of the other?
Parasitism
What is an organism that must consume other organisms for energy?
Heterotroph
An herbivore is an organism that eats only ________.
plants
What is this an example of?
Food chain
What is taxonomy?
The science of naming and classifying organisms.
State the levels of classification in order from most inclusive to least inclusive.
Domain- Kingdom- Phylum- Class- Order- Family- Genus- Species
What is the highest level of classification in the Linnean System of classification?
Domain
Please provide an example of an autotroph.
Any plant
A population of beetles shows two colors: green and brown. Birds can spot green beetles more easily. What will happen to the beetle population over time?
The beetles will be mostly brown in a few generations.
What is a type of symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit?
Mutualism
What is a type of symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed?
Commensalism