Ecology Levels and Definitions
Cycles of Earth
Food Chains/Web
Species Interactions
Human Impact
100
The place where an organism lives
What is a habitat
100
The process of evaporation from plants. (In other words, it’s like plants sweating.)?
What is transpiration
100
An organism that makes their own food
What is a producer
100
Organisms try to use the same limited resource
What is competition
100
The mass cutting of trees caused by demand for wood products, need for space, farmland, housing, and roads
What is deforestation
200
An organisms total way of life
What is a niche
200
Water that collects in rivers, streams, and oceans after it rains
What is runoff
200
An animal who eats both plants and animals
What is an omnivore
200
A flea on a dog is an example of this type of species interaction
What is parasitism
200
The part of our atmosphere that shields us from the Sun’s harmful UV rays
What is the ozone layer
300
The nonliving part of an environment which includes water, light, soil, and weather
What is an abiotic factor
300
The most abundant gas in our atmosphere
What is nitrogen
300
Microorganisms that are able to break down large molecules into smaller parts
What are decomposers
300
Bumblebees take nectar from flowers and in turn fertilize other flowers. What type of interaction is this?
What is mutualism
300
Growth without a carrying capacity
What is exponential growth
400
A group of organisms, all of the same species, which interbreed and live in the same place at the same time.
What is a population
400
This part of the water cycle causes the formation of clouds
What is condensation
400
This trophic level has the most energy
What is tropic level 1
400
Barnacles living on the fin of a whale
What is commensalism
400
What is logistic growth
500
Populations of plants and animals that interact with each other in a given area with the abiotic components of that area.
What is an ecosystem
500
This is when rain water turns into groundwater
What is infiltration
500
Herbivores that consume plant materials on in this trophic level of a food chain.
What is trophic level 2
500
Two trees fighting for the same sunlight is an example of this interaction
What is competition
500
The chemical that is responsible for creating holes in the ozone layer
What are chlorofluorocarbons