Food Chains
Organisms that make their own food are known as _____trophs.
What is AUTOtrophs?
In this type of relationship, one organism feeds/lives on/within another.
What is Parasitism?
When water cycles it often falls to the earth as rain, snow, or sleet. This is known as
What is Precipitation?
Many types of matter cycle through biological systems. The most commonly studied are ______, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur.
What is Carbon?
All of the living things in an ecosystem are known as.
What is Biotic Factors?
Organisms that occupy the second level of a food chain, eating producers are known as.
What is Primary Consumers?
In this type of relationship, one organism kills another for food/energy.
What is Predation?
As water cycles, it often accumulates in lakes, ponds, rivers, streams or even oceans. This is known as
What is Groundwater?
This element needs help from “fixing” bacteria as it cycles through the ecosystem.
What is Nitrogen?
All the nonliving parts of an ecosystem are known as
What is Abiotic Factors?
These organisms are often not pictured in a food web but are critical for breaking down dead/decaying matter.
What is Decomposers?
In this type of relationship, one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped.
What is Commensalism?
When water leaves the grounds and returns to the atmosphere this process is known as
What is Evaporation?
Carbon often enters the atmosphere through exhaust from cars and factories in a process called
What is Combustion?
All of the different types of organisms in an ecosystem is known as
What is Biodiversity?
Approximately _____% of energy is transferred from one level of a food chain to the next.
What is 10%?
In this type of relationship, both organisms benefit.
What is Mutualism?
When trees “sweat” water is returned back to the atmosphere in a process known as
What is Transpiration?
When organisms die, their matter is cycled through the ecosystem as their bodies undergo this process.
What is Decomposition?
These organisms are not “from here” and can cause serious problems for an ecosystem
What is Non-native, Introduced, or Invasive Species?
The different levels of a food chain, or pyramid are known as __________ levels.
What is Trophic?
Relationships between two organisms that live and interact with one another are often called _________ relationships.
What is Symbiotic?
When water moves underground, being absorbed into the soil it is also being filtered. This process is known as
What is Percolation?
Removal of a this type of species can result in complete destruction of an ecosystem. Not always the top of the food chain…
What is Keystone Species?