Ecosystems
living components of an Ecosystem
Plants, animals, and microorganisms
Biotic
Carbon is transferred from the earth to the atmosphere, oceans and to living things
Carbon Cycle
Plant eaters, animal eaters, organisms that eat plants and animals are called
Consumer
A plants response to stimulus is called
Tropism
The Process of change in which one community is replaced by another is
Succession
non-living things
soil, water, air
Abiotic
the amount of O2 that is present in water is called
Dissolved O2
the path energy takes from one organism to another is called a
Food Chain
the growth in response to light is
Phototropism
the way human activities such as pollution and deforestation change the world is called
Human Impact
Living organism their physical environment and their relationships
Ecosystem
movement of Nitrogen between living organisms and the environment
Nitrogen Cycle
symbiotic relationship in which one organism lives on another and harms it
Parasitism
Venus flytrap is an example of what kind of tropism
Thigmotropism
trait or behavior that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment
Adaptation
all members of one species in area at the same time
Population
when plants use the sun's energy to convert water and CO2 into sugar
Photosynthesis
Organism that makes its own food is a
Producer
Growth in response to gravity
Gravitropism
recycled by tiny helpers like bacteria and fungi, returning nutrients to the soil for new plants to use is an example of
Decomposition
all different populations that live in an area and interact with each other.
Commuinity
Path that all water follows as it moves around earth
Water Cycle
bees and flowers: bees get nectar (food) from flowers, and in return, they transfer pollen, helping the flowers reproduce what kind of relationship is this
Mutualism
response of a plant primarily in roots, to a water gradient, directing them toward moisture for survival is called
Hydrotropism
Symbiotic relationship between 2 species in which only 1 species benefits
Moss on A tree
Commensalism