Ecosystems
Biogeochemical Cycles
Food Chain/Food Web
Biomes
Trophic Levels
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A particular location on Earth with interacting biotic and abiotic components.
What is an ECOSYSTEM
100
This cycle can move other chemicals and matter to where they need to be.
What is HYDROLOGIC CYCLE
100
A way of showing how different organisms in an ecosystem depend on each other for food and how energy is transferred linearly
What is FOOD CHAIN
100
Is a geographic region that is characterized by a certain climate and diverse presence of plants and animals.
What is a BIOME
100
Plants capture glucose and convert it into energy; therefore, they are considered...
What is an AUTOTROPH/PRODUCER
200
Occurs when organisms must share a limited resource.
What is COMPETITION
200
This gas makes up 78% of the Earth's atmosphere, but it is not readily available to most living organisms.
What is NITROGEN
200
A relationship graph that shows all the trophic interactions between various species in an ecosystem.
What is FOOD WEB
200
Also known as the taiga.
What is the BOREAL FOREST
200
Animals who eat dead organic matter are called
What is scavengers, detritivores, and decomposers
300
The combination of all ecosystems on Earth is called
What is BIOSPHERE
300
These cycles rely on essential earth elements and interactions between species and nature to use and reuse various materials.
What is BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
300
A series of events in an ecosystem that occurs when a predator at the top of the food chain has an impact on the populations of organisms lower down in the food chain.
What is TROPHIC CASCADE
300
They are usually characterized by plant growth, temperature, and precipitation.
What is a TERRESTRIAL BIOME
300
Because of this energy is lost as we move up through trophic levels. Less than 10% of energy remains every time you move up one trophic level.
What is THE LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
400
Is one species that plays a large role in its ecosystem despite being quite low in population.
What is a KEYSTONE SPECIES
400
This cycle consist of the fast stage, which is associated with living organisms, and the slow stage, which is associated with dead organisms.
What is the CARBON CYCLE
400
Put the food chain in the correct order:
Phytoplankton
seal
great white shark
zooplankton
fish
What is Phytoplankton - zooplankton - fish - seal - great white shark
400
Trees cannot grow in these conditions/area, and are instead replaced by mosses and other small, low-growing plants. Which Biome?
What is TUNDRA
400
List the tiers of the Trophic Level Pyramid.
What is PRIMARY PRODUCER, PRIMARY CONSUMER SECONDARY CONSUMER, TERTRIARY CONSUMER, AND APEX PREDATOR
500
List the 3 symbiotic relationships in an ecosystem.
What is mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism
500
This cycle interactions with the atmosphere are limited; it instead cycles between land and water.
What is PHOSPHORUS
500
Looking at the food web, what can the Python eat?
What is the rat, frog, and wolf.
500
This biome is a warm and wet biome that lies near the equator
What is the TROPICAL RAINFOREST
500
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What is the SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS