Vocabulary
Ecological Succession
Food Chains/Webs
Biogeochemical Cycles
Population Graphs
100
Living things in an ecosystem.
(Not organism)
What is Biotic?
100
The establishment of an ecosystem in an area that was previously uninhabited by ANY organisms.
What is Primary Succession?
100
Organisms that are able to create their own food to produce energy. Another word for autotroph.
What is Producer?
100
Explanation of how elements, like Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Hydrogen are transferred between organisms and the Earth.
What is Biogeochemical Cycles?
100
The maximum number of organisms of a particular species within an given area.
What is Carrying Capacity?
200
Where an population lives.
What is Habitat?
200
The re-establishment of a damaged ecosystem in an area where some soil was left and small plants were able to survive.
What is Secondary Succession?
200
The last organism in a food chain or web. Another word for heterotroph.
What is Consumer?
200
The name of the cycle where plants take in a gas for photosynthesis, and animals release the gas during cellular respiration.
What is Carbon Cycle?
200
Disease, competition, parasites, are all examples of factors that decreases a population once it becomes too large for its particular environment.
What is Density-Dependent Factors?
300
Different species share the same environment.
What is Community?
300
The first organisms to appear after a disturbance from a natural disaster.
What is Pioneer Species?
300
Grass -> Rabbit -> Snake -> Mountain Lion
Name the secondary consumer.
What is Snake?
300
The name of the cycle involved in transpiration, evaporation, condensation and precipitation.
What is Water Cycle?
300
Natural Disasters (Hurricanes or Forest Fires) and Human Activities (Hunting or Deforestation), are examples of factors that decrease a population regardless of the population density (size).
What is Density-Independent Factors?
400
Different communities that share an environment along with biotic and abiotic factors.
What is an Ecosystem?
400
A volcano erupts and lava covers a local ecosystem. Once the lava settles, bare rock covers the entire ecosystem and there is no life left.
What is Primary Succession?
400
Another word for producer. Another word for consumer.
What is Autotroph and Heterotroph?
400
The name of the cycle where bacteria plays a large role in transforming the gas into a useable form.
What is Nitrogen Cycle?
400
What is Logistic Growth (or S-Curve?)
500
An organism's energy/feeding level on an Ecological Pyramid.
What is Trophic Level?
500
The Amazon Rainforest is a large ecosystem in Brazil. Companies have brought large trucks to the Amazon Rainforest to remove trees for construction. In many parts of the Amazon Rainforest, there is only soil left.
What is Secondary Succession?
500
Name one omnivore in the food web above.
What is Bird?
500
The name of the cycle where the element is transferred from rocks to soil and organisms, but NOT found in the atmosphere.
What is Phosphorus Cycle?
500
Name a reason why the population shown below would decrease after Year 1840?
What is the population increased over the carrying capacity?