Flash Card Directions
– Please use the provided flashcards to memorize some of the important
vocabulary in this unit.
– Write answer word (1st column) on the back of all of the flashcards in
that row. Then cut the flash cards out and try to line up the three boxes
to complete each important vocabulary word with it’s name, meaning,
and picture.
– Start small with only a few, get really good at those, and then add more
into your practice. Each time you master a small set by lining up all
three add another in until they are all mastered.
– Moving the cards around on a table / clean surface is how these will help
you. Just staring at them / trying to memorize them without moving and
jumbling will not be as helpful.
Ecology
Laws of
Thermodynamics
Sun
The study of the
relationships between
living things and the
environment.
Heat flows from warm to
cold.
Energy cannot be created or
destroyed; it can be
transferred between systems
and surroundings.
Energy goes from useful to
non useful.
Energy on our planet
comes from this.
Food
Chain
Producers
Consumers
A community of
organisms where each
member is eaten in
turn by another
member.
Organisms that make
their own food.
Feed on plants or
other animals.
Feeds on plants or other animals.
Herbivore
General name for an
animal that only eats
plants.
Carnivore
An animal that only
eats other animals.
Omnivore
An organism that eats
both plants and
animals.
Decomposer
Organisms that feed
on organic matter.
Phytoplankton
Very small free
floating aquatic
plants that get
energy from sun.
ZooPlankton
Tiny animals that
cannot make their own
food.
BioAccumulation
The process whereby an
increasing amount of
pollutants are
concentrated in the cells
of plants and animals.
BioMagnificaiton
When contaminants
increase at each step
of the food chain.
Incisors
Teeth used for cutting
Canines
Molars
Pyramid of
Biomass
Teeth used for
stabbing and killing,
tearing and piercing
Larger teeth. Used
for crushing and
grinding of food.
The total mass
(quantity) at each level
trophic level.
Mass Kg
Pyramid of
Numbers
The total numbers of
individuals at each
level.
Numbers