Symbiosis
Spores of the fungus Usilago maydis land and grow on sweet corn. The fungus infects the plant tissue, extracting nutrients from the plant cells.
What is parasitism?
10,000 units of energy are available at the producer level, so tertiary consumer has -
What is 10 units?
If a wetland is drained for urban development, what is the most likely effect on local biodiversity?
Biodiversity will decrease due to habitat loss
Part of the carbon cycle is most directly responsible for removing carbon from the atmosphere
What is Photosynthesis?
Makes up 78% of earths atmosphere
What is Nitrogen?
Organism that feeds on dead or decaying matter
What is decomposer?
The role a species plays in the ecosystem.
What is NICHE?
Number and variety of organisms found in a specific region
What is Biodiversity?
The most direct result of deforestation on the carbon cycle
What is decreased photosynthesis and increased atmospheric CO₂?
Process where molecules in the air break apart during lightning ng or by bacteria in the soil
What is Nitrogen Fixation?
A lynx hunts, catches and kills a hare
What is predator-prey (predation)?
The trophic level that receives the least amount of energy
Tertiary Consumer or Top trophic level
Example of a natural disaster that can disrupt an ecosystem?
possible examples: hurricane, wildfire, or earthquake, volcano
This process occurs when humans burn fossil fuels.
What is combustion?
Fixes nitrogen by converting a gas into usable form for plants
What is bacteria?
Symbols for commensalism
(+,o)
An organism that eats plants
What is a Primary Consumer?
Difference between biotic and abiotic factors
Biotic is living and abiotic is nonliving
When plants die, they go to the soil to be decomposed and over millions of years are made into ______ .
What is fossil fuels (coal, oil, etc)?
Process in the nitrogen cycle returns nitrogen gas to the atmosphere
What is Denitrification?
Female gorillas fight for scares food resources in this type of relationship
What is intraspecific competition?
A network of food chains by which energy and nutrients are passed on from one living organism to another
What is a food web?
How can introducing non-native species disrupt an ecosystem?
Competition with native species and population increase due to no predators.
Animals are breaking down organic molecules and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
What is breathing or Respiration?
When a plant or animal dies or leaves waste products like fungi and bacteria turn N2 into ammonia
What is ammonification