Levels of Organization
Fill in the blank:
Atom --> Molecule --> Cell --> ________ --> Organ
What is tissue?
This is the struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource.
This is the portion of Earth that supports life.
What is the biosphere?
If the secondary consumer stores 64 units of energy, how much energy would the tertiary consumer store?
6.4 units
These organisms are carnivores that eat the remains feed off of dead organisms.
What are scavengers?
Fill in the blank:
Organ System --> Organism --> __________ --> Community
What is population?
This is the name for the interaction where the predator kills another organism, the prey.
What is predation?
What is the difference between abiotic and biotic factors?
Biotic - living
Abiotic- nonliving
As you go higher up the energy pyramid, the amount of energy stored _________.
decreases/ lessens/ gets lower
In this food chain, which organism is the secondary consumer?
grass --> slug --> thrush --> cat --> hawk
What is thrush?
All of the _______ on Earth makes up the hydrosphere.
What is water?
This is a relationship where both species benefit.
What is mutualism?
This organism eats both plant and animal matter.
What is an omnivore?
If the tertiary consumer stores 0.91 units of energy, how much energy did the producer have?
910 units
In both a food chain and food web, these symbolize the flow of energy.
What are arrows?
What is the difference between a community and an ecosystem?
Communities do not include abiotic factors. Ecosystems do.
This is a relationship where one species is helped and the other is harmed.
What is parasitism?
Pronounce this word: Tertiary.
TER-SHE-AIR-E
If the sun produces 222 units of energy, how much energy is stored by the primary consumer?
2.22 units
Why is a food web a better image of biodiversity than a food chain?
There are more consumers or organisms pictured. More variety. Multiple food chains put together.
What is the difference between a population and a community?
A population is a grouping of the same organisms, whereas a community is a grouping of multiple populations.
What is commensalism?
What is an autotroph? Define and give an example.
An autotroph is an organism that gets its energy from the sun to make its own food. An example is a plant.
Name two ways that organisms use energy that is obtained from eating something below them in the pyramid.
1. Stored as biomass
2. Given off as heat
3. Lost to surroundings
4. Powers cells/ daily activities.
Name the levels of an energy pyramid, from the sun to the tertiary consumer. (4 trophic levels)
What is sun, producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer?