Ecology
Energy, Producers, and Consumers
Energy Flow In the Ecosystem
Climates & Communities
Populations
100
Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth where life exists
What is the BIOSPHERE
100
Use solar energy to make their own food
What is an AUTOTROPH
100
A series of steps where organisms transfers energy by eating or being eaten
What is a FOOD CHAIN
100
The day-to-day conditions of Earths atmosphere
What is WEATHER
100
Refers to the numbers of individuals per unit area
What is POPULATION DENSITY
200
Any living part of the environment
What is BIOTIC FACTOR
200
These organisms acquire energy from other organisms
What are HETEROTROPHS
200
A network of feeding interactions is
What is FOOD WEB
200
An Areas Average conditions over long periods of time
What is CLIMATE
200
Populations grow when individuals move into an area from elsewhere
What is IMMIGRATION
300
Non-Living part of an environment
What is ABIOTIC FACTOR
300
An example of this level of consumer would eat sea weed
What is first-level
300
The largest level of the Pyramid of Energy is
What is PRIMARY PRODUCERS
300
Gases are trapped in the atmosphere and hold in more heat
What is GREENHOUSE EFFECT
300
The larger the population gets the faster it grows
What is EXPONENTIAL GROWTH
400
A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms
What is a BIOME
400
This consumer is at the top of the food chain
What is Tertiary or apex
400
The energy transferred to the next level as you go up the food chain is this percent
What is 10%
400
General place where organisms live
What is HABITAT
400
A population may decrease when individuals move out of an area
What is EMIGRATION
500
Name the three methods ecologist use in their work
What are OBSERVATION, EXPERIMENTATION, and MODELING
500
Process by which organisms use chemical energy to produce energy
What is CHEMOSYNTHESIS
500
The total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level
What is BIOMASS
500
The wolfs in Yellow Stone Park are an example of this species
What is a KEYSTONE SPECIES
500
The maximum numbers of individuals of a particular species that a particular environment can support
What is CARRYING CAPACITY