What are the two types of components Ecosystems have?
Abiotic and Biotic
What type of ecosystem has a biotope covered by water and is determined by the dynamics of the water and its salinity?
Aquatic
_____________ adaptations are actions that organisms carry out that benefit them in some way
behavioural
Our excessive use and poor management of natural resources are causing a ________ of biodiversity in many regions of the Earth.
loss
The collection of individuals of a same species that live in a biotope is called a ____________.
population
Give an example of a cause of the loss of biodiversity.
overhunting, overharvesting, overfishing and excessive logging
Give an example of a resource that biodiversity provides.
food, medicine, raw materials, sites for leisure activities and energy
biotope + biocoensis + ___________ = an ecosytem
relationships
___________ is a interspecific relationship where one species lives off another (the host). One organism profits while the other is harmed.
Parasitism.
Light, _______ and temperature are some of the main ABIOTIC components that have an impact on the biology of living things
water
____________ is a interspecific relationship where an organism captures and kills another prey food.
predation
As long as there are no sudden, unusual changes to the ecosystem, it maintains this ____________-.
balance
__________ is the adjustment of living organisms to the conditions of the environment in which they live
Adaptation
___________ adaptations are the physical characteristics of living things that enable them to carry out a specific activity.
structural
Give one type of feeding relationships in the ecosystem.
producers, consumers and decomposers
True or False. The loss of a single species can alter the balance of an ecosystem.
TRUE
What type of ecosystem has a biotope that is not covered by water?
Terrestrial
___________ are organisms that eat other living things
consumers
____________ components are the physical environment and physical and chemical characteristcs.
Abiotic
_____________ are organisms, such as algae or plants, that can produce their own food.
producers
____________ components are living things in every ecosystem.
Biotic
_________ are organisms that obtain their nutrients by decomposing dead organisms (example: bacteria and fungi)
decomposers
___________ is the variety of species that live or have lived on Earth.
Biodiversity
___________ of a species occurs when the last individual of that species dies.
extinction