Biological Levels
What are organs made out of?
Tissues.
What is a herbivore?
What is a producer?
An organism that can make its own food; an autotroph.
Example: Plants
What is the main source of energy?
The sun.
What is a heterotroph?
An organism that consumes organic mater. It depends on other organisms for its energy and nourishment.
What is an organism?
An individual living thing.
What is a carnivore?
An organism that obtains energy by only eating animals.
What is a consumer?
What is the equation for photosynthesis?
6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2
What is an autotroph?
What is a cell?
A basic living unit that consists of organelles inside it.
What is an omnivore?
What happens to the rest of th energy when passed on/consumed?
Much of the energy is lost in heat or undigested.
What is photosynthesis?
What does Binomial Nomenclature mean?
It is the process of scientific naming. It was created by Carl Linnaeus.
What is a biome?
Different ecosystems in different locations that share similar climates and similar organisms.
What is a deterivore?
An organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organic matter.
Name the three main parts of the food web?
The sun, producers, consumers (primary, secondary, tertiary), apex predator (top).
What is chemosynthesis?
The process by which some organisms, cuch as a certain bacteria, use chemical energy to produce carbohyrates.
What is taxonomy?
The naming and classiifiction of species.
What is an ecosystem?
Communities of organisms that live with their nonliving surroundings.
What is a scavenger?
An animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material, or refuse.
What is the 10% rule?
Only 10% of energy is passed by organisms from tropic level to another.
What is Ecology?
The scientific study of interacions amoung organisms and their enviornment.
Ex: observing, experimentung, modeling.
What are abiotic factors?
Non-living chemical or physical parts an ecosystem. They are not living.