Vocab
Definitions
True/False
Multiple Choice
Lists
100

Population

What are a group of organisms of the same species that inhabit a specific area at the same time (ex: white tailed deer in forest). 

100

The link between living things and nonliving things is that they are all part of a vast and interconnected system.

What is Biosphere?

100

Producers get their energy from the sun. 

True

100

What is the coldest biome on Earth? a.) tundra b.) desert c.) rainforest d.) grasslands

a.) tundra

100

List 3 examples of animals that live in the tundra

lemmings, foxes, caribou, hares, migratory birds

200

Community

Is the combination of all populations of different species that share the same area. The sum of all animals, plants, algae, fungi, and microorganisms that live in a pond makes up the community. 

200

The study of the connections of living things to each other and to the physical parts of their environment.

What is Ecology?

200

Consumers get their energy from several different food sources within the ecosystem.

True

200

The simplest model of energy flow through an ecosystem, shows "who eats whom," or feeding relationships: a.) food chain b.) trophic level c.) apex predator, d.) food webs

A.) Food Chain

200

list 3 animals in the temperate deciduous forest

owls, chipmunks, squirrels, raccoons, foxes, badgers, deers, bears

300

Photosynthesis

Process by which plants make food, uses sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugars and starches. 

300

Is a system of interactions among a living community of species and the nonliving environment.

What is an Ecosystem?

300

Some life on earth requires energy to survive.

False, ALL life on earth requires energy to survive. 

300

Mathematical models that show the flow of energy and matter in an ecosystem, with trophic levels stacked one on top of the other. a.) food webs b.) ecological pyramids c.) food chain d.trophic levels.

b.) ecological pyramids

300

List an example of an organism in each trophic level. 

Plankton, guppy, jellyfish, turtle, shark

400

Autotrophs

Organisms that make their own food, also known as producedures.

400

The living parts of an ecosystem, such as bacteria to the largest animals, that live in the same environment.

What is biotic factors?

400

Decomposers consume animals that are already dead such as vultures. 

False; scavengers

400

Matter that flows through cycles, these cycles recycle chemical elements, or nutrients, within ecosystems. a.) water cycle b.) biochemical cycle c.) nitrogen cycle d.) transpiration cycle

b.) biochemical cycle

400

List the 5 Ecological Levels of Organization

Organism, Population, Community, Biome/Ecosystem, Biosphere

500

Models

What are representations that can be used to study systems and their interacting parts. 

500

The nonliving things in an ecosystem. They are the physical and chemical components of an ecosystem that determine which types of organisms can thrive in that environment. 

What are abiotic factors?

500

Scavengers are organisms that eat the bits of organic matter left behind by decomposers such as earthworms, or may eat other decomposers.

False, DETRITIVORES

500

A process where special bacteria that use powerful enzymes to convert atmosphere nitrogen into ammonia. a.) fixed nitrogen b.) nitrogen fixation c.) denitrification d.) nitrogenation

b.) nitrogen fixation

500

6 major terrestrial land biomes

tundra, desert, rainforest, grasslands, temperate deciduous forest, coniferous forest


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