Project # __: Animal Behavior Vocabulary
Due: __________
Directions: Tape this directions page and the vocabulary list in
in your Lab Journal. Use the directions below as a rubric to complete
your project:
____ 1 pt. /word
Copy the words on your project pages.
____ 1 pt./ word
Copy the definitions on your project pages.
____ 1 pt./ word
Create a drawing to illustrate the word.
____ 1 pt. / word
Color the drawing.
____ 1 pt. / word
Use the word in a sentence.
5 points total/ word = 100 points for the total project.
There will be a vocabulary test over these words after the project is
due!
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4.
biome = large geographic areas with similar climates.
abiotic factor = nonliving environment.
biotic factor = living or once living environment
population = all the individuals of one species that live in the same area at
the same time and compete with one another
5. community = = consists of groups of populations that interact with each
other in a given area and depend on each other for food, shelter, and for
other needs
6. Ecosystems=consists of biotic community, and the abiotic
7. Population density= size of population that occupies a specific area
8. Carrying capacity= largest number of individuals an environment can support
and maintain over a long period of time
9. symbiosis= any close relationship between two or more different species
10. niche= role of an organism in the ecosystem including what it eats, how it
interacts with other organisms, and how it gets its food
11. ecological pyramid= model used to describe the transfer of energy from the
producers of an ecosystems through successive levels of organisms in the food
chain
12. ecological succession= process of gradual change from one community of
organisms to another.
13. latitude= specifies the north-south position of a point on the Earth's surface
14. tundra= cold, dry, treeless biome located at latitudes surrounding the North
Pole and that has winters 6-9 months long
15. taiga = cold region of cone-bearing evergreen trees that lies just below the
tundra and is the world’s largest terrestrial biome
16. temperate deciduous forest
17. Tropical rain forest
18. grassland
19. desert
20. estuary
Project # ___: Geologic Time Scale Vocabulary
Word = Definition
1. biome= large geographic areas with
similar climates and ecosystems.
2. Abiotic factor= nonliving environment
3. Biotic factor= living or once living
enviornment
4. Population= all the individuals of one
species that live in the same area at the
same time and compete with one
another for
5. Community= consists of groups of
populations that interact with each
other in a given area and depend on
each other for food, shelter, and for
other needs
Name __________________________
Illustration
Core 1 2 3 4
Score ____/ 100
Word used in a sentence.
Word = Definition
6. Ecosystems=consists of biotic
community, and the abiotic
7. Population density= size of population
that occupies a specific area
8. Carrying capacity= largest number of
individuals an environment can support
and maintain over a long period of time
9. symbiosis= any close relationship
between two or more different species
10. niche= role of an organism in the
ecosystem including what it eats, how it
interacts with other organisms, and
how it gets its food
Illustration
Word used in a sentence.
Word = Definition
11. Ecological pyramid= model used to
describe the transfer of energy from the
producers of an ecosystems through
successive levels of organisms in the food
chain
12. Ecological succession= process of
gradual change from one community of
organisms to another
13. Latitude= specifies the north-south
position of a point on the Earth's
surface.
14. Tundra= cold, dry, treeless biome
located at latitudes surrounding the
North Pole and that has winters 6-9
months long
15. Taiga
Illustration
Word used in a sentence.
Word = Definition
16. temperate deciduous forest
17. Tropical rain forest
18. grassland
19. desert
20. estuary
Illustration
Word used in a sentence.
Project # ___: Animal Behavior Vocabulary
Word = Definition
Name __________________________
Illustration
Core 1 2 3 4
Score ____/ 100
Word used in a sentence.
Word = Definition
Illustration
Word used in a sentence.
Word = Definition
Illustration
Word used in a sentence.
Word = Definition
Illustration
Word used in a sentence.