Vocabulary
Food Webs
Succession
Nutrient Cycles
Relationships
100
An environment that provides the things an organism neds to live, grow, and reproduce.
What is a habitat?
100
These organisms produce energy through the use of photosynthese.
What are Plants?
100

Mosses and lichens

What are pioneer species?

100

The driving force behind the water cycle.

What is the sun?

100
The organism that a parasite lives in or on in a parasitism interaction.
What is a host?
200
The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving surroundings. This includes abiotic and biotic factors.
What is an ecosystem?
200
These organisms are herbivores, therefore they are called ______________ consumers.
What is primary?
200

Occurs after a natural disaster such as a wildfire or tornado.

What is secondary succession?

200

This process puts CO2 into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels.

What is combustion?

200

An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.

What is predation?

300
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
What is commensalism?
300
These organisms are typically at the top of the food chain. They are called ____________ consumers.
What is tertiary?
300

The main difference between primary and secondary succession.

What is the presence of soil?

300

These cycles include nutrients that change form at different points in the cycle.

What are the carbon and nitrogen cycles?

300

A long-term, close relationship that benefits multiple species.

What is mutualism?

400
An organism that breaks down wases and dad organisms.
What is a decomposer?
400
This is a way to show how energy in a food web is allocated. Usually there is a large base and a pointed top.
What is an energy pyramid?
400

Occurs when no soil is present, such as after a volcanic eruption or glacier recedes.

What is primary succession?

400

These cycles require assistance from living organisms such as bacteria and fungi for certain steps.

What are the nitrogen and carbon cycles?

400

A relationship where competition occurs between members of different species.

What is interspecific competition?

500
A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. Usually written on one line.
What is a food chain?
500
What is the percentage of energy LOST as it moves from producer to primary consumer to secondary consumer?
What is 90%?
500

The result of succession, a climax community.

What is a mature and stable community?

500

This process puts nitrogen in a usable form for living organisms. 

What is nitrogen fixation?

500

The three types of symbiotic relationships

What are commensalism, mutualism, and parasitism?

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