Crickets Eat Plant Materials Like Seeds and Fruits

VOCABULARY LAB – SB4

Crickets eat plant materials like seeds and fruits. They also eat insects that are smaller than they are. This makes them OMNIVORES

Maggots eat dead waste and break it down, causing it to decay. This makes them DECOMPOSERS

Plants use the sun as an energy source. What 3 terms are synonymous with (mean the same thing as) self feeding.

AUTOTROPHS, PRODUCERS, PHOTOSYNTHETIC

Mold and yeast are both types of FUNGI. List 2 different ways you can classify FUNGI.

HETEROTROPHS, CONSUMERS

What is the energy source for these water plants?SUNLIGHT

Why are LICHENS so special?

Hint: catdog cartoon

HALF OF THE LICHEN IS PHOTOSYNTHETIC ALGAE OR BACTERIA AND HALF IS A HETEROTROPHIC FUNGI

List 3 ABIOTIC FACTORS.

SOIL, WATER, ROCKS

Grasshoppers eat plants. This

makes them HERBIVORES.

When we put all the ABIOTIC and all the BIOTIC FACTORS

in an area together, we get anECOSYSTEM.

This term describes where an organism lives -HABITAT.

An organism’s job or role describes its NICHE.

The crickets and the grasshoppers are using/utilizing the same resources, (LIMITING FACTORS), like food, water, and shelter. This is an example of COMPETETION.

Individuals with similar characteristics that can successfully reproduce are called SPECIES.

A group of the same SPECIES in an area is called a POPULATION.

All the POPULATIONS in an area make up a COMMUNITY.

Divide the organisms in the terrarium into different POPULATIONS.

CROSSVINE, GRASS, ANOLE LIZARDS, DADDY LONG LEGS, GRASSHOPPERS

List 3 BIOTIC FACTORS.

CRICKETS, GRASSHOPPERS, GRASS

Large areas around the Earth that have similar plants and climates are called BIOMES.

Organisms that eat meat are called CARNIVORES.

ABIOTIC and BIOTIC FACTORS that affect survival rates are called LIMITING FACTORS.

Another term for feeding groups would be TROPHIC LEVELS (2 words)

What is the difference between a SCAVENGER and a DECOMPOSER?A SCAVENGER JUST EATS DEAD ORGANISMS BUT A DECOMPOSERS EATS IT AND THEN BREAKS IT DOWN, CAUSING IT TO DECAY, (RECYCLES MATTER).

Are mushrooms AUTOTROPHS or HETEROTROPHS?

What is the difference between BIOSPHERE and BIOME?

THE BIOSPHERE IS ANY PLACE ON EARTH WHERE YOU WILL FIND LIVING ORGANISMS. A BIOME IS A LARGE AREA (REGION) ON EARTH THAT HAS SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS, LIKE PLANTS, TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL, ETC. (EX. RAINFOREST, TAIGA, TUNDRA, DESERT, TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST)

This is the study of living organisms or life?

BIOLOGY

Where would we find cacti as the characteristic plant?

DESERT

What BIOME do you live in?

TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST)

After metamorphosis, these maggots will turn into BLACK SOLDIER FLIES

Organisms that eat insects are called INSECTIVORES

What 2 energy sources are the LICHENS utilizing?

THE AUTOTROPHIC HALF IS USING SUNLIGHT WHILE THE HETEROTROPHIC HALF IS USING THE DEAD LIMB AS ITS ENERGY SOURCE THEN THEY SHARE RERSOURCES

ARE LICHENS AUTOTROPHS OR HETEROTROPHS ?

WHEN 2 DIFFERENT ORGANISMS LIVE CLOSELY TOGETHER AND BOTH BENEFIT FROM THE RELATIONSHIP THIS IS CALLED MUTUALISM