Definitions/Concepts
Pyramid
Food Webs
one community after another
Random
Cycles
100
The study of how organisms interact with the environment
Ecology
100
The original source of Energy
Sun
100
Name an autotroph
Grass
100
Most Stable Ecosystem'
Hardwood Trees
100
the number of one type of organisms in a given area
population
100
Water Cycle
200
Non Living
Abiotic
200
That type of organism (Vore) is a secondary consumer
Carnivore
200
Name an Herbivore
Mouse, Grasshopper, Rabbit
200
Name this process
Ecological Succcession
200
Name 2 decomposers
Fungi, Worms, Bacteria
200
What process are needed?
Repiration and Photosynthesis
300
The number of all the species living in an area
Community
300
Is this pyramid stable?
no, not a pyramid
300
What happens if all the mice gets a virus and dies?
Many answers
300
Why is each stage important
Each stage puts nutrients in the soil
300
D
300
Name the cycle that uses all
Carbon Cycle
400
The number of organisms of any species that an ecosystem can support
Carrying Capacity
400
What type of organism is missing to make the ecosystem stable?
Decomposers
400
What is the role of decomposers
Recycle nutrients back into the environment
400
Name of the pioneer organism
Lichen
400
What relationship is this graph showing?
Predator-Prey
400
An organisms role in the environment
Niche
500
Name 3 materials that are recyled in nature
Oxygen, Nitrogen, Water, Carbon
500
Why do you get less energy from eating a consumer compared to a producer?
Energy is lost as heat due to metabolism at each feeding level
500
Name something missing from ecosystem to make it stable
The sun
500
NY is a temperate biome. What type of trees are in our climax community
Deciduous
500
Name a limiting factor of the carrying Capacity
Food, water, space, minerals....
500
What process does bacteria use to put Nitrogen into the environment
Decomposition