ecology
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4 Examples of Runoff
Rainwater Lakes, and Oceans Floods
2 Example of Artificial Reefs
. Shipwrecks Concrete Structures:
2 Examples of combination of Runoff and Artificial Reef
1 Oysters and other filter feeders can remove pollutants from water 2 coastal erosion
What are enviromental changes?
Disturbances to the enviroment Can be Postive, Negative or Neurtual Can have Short and or Long term effects Can be caused by humans of natural process Can affect the Survival of individual or organisms or an entire Spicees
What are short term enviromental changes?
Temporary, change lasts for a short period of time - Sudden impact on population NO time to adapt - Environment recovers fairly quickly Examples:Hurricane, Blizzard, oil spils , forrest fires.
What are the Long-term environmental changes?
Gradual Changes The chain reaction of events Allows populations the opportunity to adapt Some Populations may not recover Examples: Climate Change, Plate Tectonics, Plastic pollution
An organism that creates its own food using energy from the sun -also known as an autotroph
Produces Ex: Trees
An organism that eats other organisms -also known as a heterotroph.
Consumers Ex: Birds
An organism that is hunted, killed, and eaten by a predator
Prey Ex: Insect eaten by frog
An organism that hunts, kills, and eats another organism
Predator Ex Frog
An organism that primarily eats meat
Carnivore Ex Lion
An organism that primarily eats plants
Herbivore Ex Cows
An organism that feeds on meat and plants
Omnivore Ex: Bear, Human
Animals that consume dead causes other than predation or have been killed by other predators.
Scavenger Ex: Vultures
Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms
Decomposers Ex: Bacteria
The host is a plant, animal, or fungus that lives on or in another living thing. It gets its food and energy from the host organism.
Parasite Ex: Tick, Flea
An organism that is infected with or is fed upon by a parasite
Host Ex: Humans