Joseph Foster The animals in the rainforest are those species of animals that have developed cells, tissues, and organs that can survive in the rainforest habitat. This article like the previous one (the arctic animals) takes a close look at these amazing animals’ habitat, diet, reproduction, threats, conservation, and description. List of 30 amazing …
The Arctic animals are species of animals that are found and known to live and survive in the Arctic tundra region. These animals may be terrestrial animals, birds, or aquatic animals. Some of these arctic animals can be seen when you take a visit to the gate of the arctic national park …
What is a tertiary consumer? A tertiary consumer in ecology is any organism that gets its nutrition from eating primary and secondary consumers. i.e. they feed on both members of the primary and secondary consumers in a food chain. They feeding on both secondary and primary consumers means that they can either …
What is hydrosphere? The hydrosphere is the total amount of water in the Earth’s sphere, i.e., it is the combined total of water on the surface of the earth, underground, and in the atmosphere. All these make up the hydrosphere. It can also be seen as one of the spheres of the …
What is a primary consumer? A primary consumer in ecology is an organism that eats plants as food. In an ecosystem where there is a complete food chain, the primary consumer predominantly occupies the second trophic level of the food web or food chain. Herbivores are the commonest primary consumers and they …
Secondary consumer definition A secondary consumer in ecology is an organism or group of organisms that feed on primary consumers (herbivores) to obtain the needed energy for their survival. For example, a deer which is a herbivore is fed upon by a lion or a hyena which is a secondary consumer. To …
What is the cryosphere? The cryosphere is the Earth’s frozen water system and frozen water can be found all over the world, for example, during the winter, snow blankets the ground at mid and high latitudes, and in icy waters of the polar oceans, sea ice and icebergs float. Lands in the …
What is the lithosphere? The lithosphere is made up of the Earth’s solid outer layer and it consists of the brittle upper portion of the mantle of the Earth and the crust, which is the Earth’s outermost layer. It is covered above by the atmosphere and below by the asthenosphere (another part …