Competency 37 Life Science

vertebrates	animals with backbone cold-blooded such as fish, amphibians, reptiles warm-blooded such as birds and mamals
invertebrates	animals with no backbone 97% of earth’s animals sponges, worms, mollusks, starfish, lobsters, crabs, jellyfish
food web	shows how all the food chains within an ecosystem are connected;can be affected by:-weather, fire, flooding-deforestation-pesticides-pollution
decomposers	the things that eat dead or decaying object fungi and bacteria are 2 examples
producers	they produce their own foodexample would be plants
sungrassrabbitowlearthworm	name the food chain in order from the sun to the earthworm
food chain	how energy flows in an ecosystem
consumers	animals that eat the plantsexamples include: herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores
predators	animals that eat consumersthey hunt and kill other animals for food
food	an increase in this would most likely result in an increase in the size of a population
tropical rainforests	found near the equator warm temperatures wet climate animals include jaguars and anacondas
grassland savannah	moderate temperatures 1/4 of Earth’s land animals include prairie dogs, kangaroos, and lions
tundra	world’s coldest animals include the polar bear and arctic hares
ocean	-accounts for 97% of earth’s water-animals include the great white shark, lobsters, and angelfish
deciduous forest	-moderate temperatures and rainfall-have 4 seasons-common animals include foxes, deers, and cardinals