Unit 3- Populations and Resources (Amplify)

Front

What is it called when two or more populations use the same resource?

Back

Competition

Front

What is an indirect effect?

Back

The result of one cause leading to an effect that causes one or more other effects.

Front

What vocabulary word describes the relationship between the fox and the rabbit in a food web?

Back

Consumer population.

Front

In a desert ecosystem, if the snake population decreases, what will likely happen to the hawk population?

Back

The hawk population will increase.

Front

Choose a reason to support evidence that the walleye pollocks caused the moon jellies to increase.

Back

If the consumer population decreases then the resource population will increase.

Front

What is a population?

Back

A group of individuals of the same species living in a specific area.

Front

What is a resource in an ecosystem?

Back

Any substance or object that an organism needs to survive, such as food, water, and shelter.

Front

What is the role of a consumer in an ecosystem?

Back

An organism that eats other organisms for energy.

Front

What is competition in ecology?

Back

The struggle between organisms for the same resources in an ecosystem.

Front

What happens to a food web if a key predator is removed?

Back

The populations of prey may increase, leading to overconsumption of resources.