Cycles of Matter
A volcanic eruption is an example of this kind of process
What is geological?
Organisms that acquire energy from other organisms (2 possible answers)
What are consumers/heterotrophs?
A series of steps in which energy is transferred from one organism to another
What is a food chain?
Consumers that kill and eat other animals
What are carnivores?
Precipitation that is absorbed into soil
What is groundwater?
Digestion is an example of this kind of process
What is biological?
An organism that is able to capture energy from nonliving sources and use it to produce its own food (2 possible answers)
What are primary producers/autotrophs?
A network of complex interactions formed by the feeding relationships among the various organisms in an ecosystem
What is a food web?
This type of consumer only eats plants, seeds, berries, leaves, etc.
What are herbivores?
The two products of photosynthesis (2 answers needed)
What are oxygen and carbohydrates (glucose, sugars, starch, etc.)?
Cloud formation is an example of this kind of process
What is chemical?
The process used to capture light energy and use it to power chemical reactions
What is photosynthesis?
This principle explains the flow of energy through a food web, chain, or energy pyramid. It explains how much energy is lost as energy moves from one trophic level to another
What is the 10% rule?
Consumers whose diet naturally include a variety of different foods that include both plants and animals
What are omnivores?
Each step in a food chain or a food web
What is trophic level?
The chemical substances that an organism needs to sustain life
What are nutrients?
The process that uses chemical energy to produce carbohydrates
What is chemosynthesis?
An organism in an aquatic ecosystem that is mixed with floating algae. This organism can perform photosynthesis and does not swim on its own
What is phytoplankton?
Consumers that eat the carcasses of other animals that have been killed by predators or died of other causes
What are scavengers?
This type of plankton is a heterotroph and is free-swimming
What are zooplankton?
What is runoff?
This type of energy powers photosynthesis, and overall is the ultimate source of energy?
What is solar energy? (sun, sunlight)
These organisms chemically break down organic matter and release energy and nutrients back into the environment
What are decomposers?
These consumers feed on detritus particles. They chew and grind detritus into smaller pieces
What are detritivores?
Make a food chain from this food web (see picture)