Levels of Organization
All of the Bald Eagles in southern Florida is describing a
Population
A producer is also called a
autoroph
The majority of energy in a food web is found at which level?
Producers
The majority of our air consists of
nitrogen
What is the name for an area where an organism lives?
All of the people, squirrels, geckos, mealworms and ants in this room would be a
community
These organisms get their energy from plants
Herbivores
What percentage of energy is transferred up to each level in a food chain?
10%
Most of Earth's phosphorus is stored where?
in rocks underground
When water is heated by the sun and enters the atmosphere as a gas, what process is occurring?
Evaporation
The study of interactions between organisms and their environment
What type of consumer gets their energy from plants and other animals?
Omnivores
What do the arrows in a food web show?
Energy flow
This matter cycle is dependent upon bacteria in the soil
Nitrogen
When water returns to Earth as rain or snow
Precipitation
All of the frogs, fish, water, rocks and sunlight in a pond environment is a description of the
ecosystem
These organisms break down and recycle dead matter
decomposers
All organisms are eventually broken down by which type of organisms?
decomposers
Photosynthesis and respiration
When rain falls and wears away rock, what is the name of the process occurring?
Erosion
All life and the areas on Earth where life exists
Biosphere
These organisms, such as vultures and hyenas, consume carrion, also known as dead animal meat.
Detritivores
An organism that feeds off of a primary consumer would be considered a ____________ consumer
secondary
Eutrophication is caused by an overabundance of which nutrient?
Phosphorus
What TWO ways do humans affect the carbon cycle?
Burning and deforestation