Please MATCH the Key Word to the correct definition.
Key Words:
Biodiversity
Primary consumer:
Primary succession:
Secondary consumer:
Secondary succession:
Biomass:
Logistic growth:
Exponential growth:
Carrying capacity:
Density dependent limiting factors:
Ozone layer:
Non-renewable resource:
Definitions:
A measure of number of and variety of organisms in an area
Often herbivores, they eat producers.
Heterotroph that eats/can eat primary consumers
Something that gets used up by use and cannot be quickly replenished
A measure of living organisms and all biotic material in an area
A measured limit on a population's growth based on resources, limiting factors and biotic potential
Series of ecological events occurring in an area starting with bare rock and no life
Located in the stratosphere, it acts as sunscreen for the planet by preventing much of UV radiation from the Sun to reach the Earth.
Population curve showing slow, then continuous rapid growth
Series of ecological events following a serious and damaging event in an area, but leaves soil
Usually biotic, conditions that slow population growth and are a reflection of population size
Population curve showing slow, then rapid growth with a leveling out of population size
choose the correct answers
Biodiversity: A measure of number of and variety of organisms in an area
Primary consumer: Often herbivores, they eat producers.
Primary succession: Series of ecological events occurring in an area starting with bare rock and no life
Secondary consumer: Heterotroph that eats/can eat primary consumers
Secondary succession: Series of ecological events following a serious and damaging event in an area, but leaves soil
Biomass: A measure of living organisms and all biotic material in an area
Logistic growth: Population curve showing slow, then rapid growth with a leveling out of population size
Exponential growth: Population curve showing slow, then continuous rapid growth
Carrying capacity: A measured limit on a population's growth based on resources, limiting factors and biotic potential
Density dependent limiting factors: Usually biotic, conditions that slow population growth and are a reflection of population size
Ozone layer: Located in the stratosphere, it acts as sunscreen for the planet by preventing much of UV radiation from the Sun to reach the Earth.
Non-renewable resource: Something that gets used up by use and cannot be quickly replenished