Vocabulary
Shows how energy moves through an ecosystem
Energy Pyramid
Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and over time form what?
Fossil Fuels
Animals that feed on other animals are known as (not looking for the word consumer)
predators
Organisms that produce their own food are known as
Producers
Mount Saint Helen was an example of what kind of change
Natural
Organism that benefits in a relationship
parasite
The process of lake water turning from a liquid to a gas is known as
Evaporation
Caring for young, building nests, migrating to warmer climates in winter are all examples f what type of adaptation?
Behavioral
Decay is caused by whats?
Decomposers
A place to dispose of materials by burying them and covering them with soil is called
Landfill
The struggle among organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
competition
Animals get most of the nitrogen they need from
Eating plants or other animals
Webbed feet of water birds, backbone of vertebrates, and seeds of plants are all examples of what kind of adaptation?
Structural
Plants use sunlight to produce what?
glucose
Carbon enters into the ground through
decomposition
Organism that is harmed or does not benefit from a relationship
host
Carbon is cycled through photosynthesis and cellular what?
Respiration
When both organisms benefit from a relationship this is known as
mutualism
Chimney like structures that provide energy to ocean floor dwellers are known as
vents
The ability to blend in with your environment would be a good adaptations for
prey
A series of predictable changes over time
succession
Most free nitrogen is fixed by what organism?
Bacteria
Symbiosis that helps one organism but neither helps nor harms the other is known as
Commensalism
The main source of energy in an ecosystem
Sun
________________is used by organisms at each level for their own life processes resulting in a decrease of it at higher levels of food webs
energy