Vocabulary
The most numerous organisms in any ecosystem, includes bacteria and fungi
What are decomposers
Every food chain/web must begin with a ___________________
What are Autotrophs/Producers/plants?
These organisms produce energy through the use of photosynthesis.
What are autotrophs/producers
The variety of different organisms living in a certain area
What is biodiversity
This kingdom includes prokaryotic organisms
What is Bacteria
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?
These organisms are herbivores, therefore they are called ______________ consumers.
What is primary?
What is the percentage of energy LOST as it moves from producer to primary consumer to secondary consumer?
What is 90%
The term given to a species that plays a very important role in an ecosystem. The ecosystem would fall apart quickly if this species disappeared.
What is a keystone species?
Plants absorb _________ to use in the process of photosynthesis
What is CO2
animals that need to eat to live are called
What are consumers/heterotrophs
These organisms are typically at the top of the food chain. They are called ____________ consumers.
What is tertiary?
Energy is obtained by fossil fuels by using this process of the carbon cycle which also releases carbon into the atmosphere.
What is combustion
Process of the water cycle where gas phase is transformed into liquid (forms clouds)
What is condensation
On the underside of a leaf, water and oxygen exit through this
What is a stomata
In the water cycle, this process is the evaporation of water from the leaves of plants
What is transpiration
An eagle that ate a rabbit that ate grass is a _______________
What is a secondary consumer
This is a model that shows how energy in a food web is allocated.
What is a Energy Pyramid
Process of the carbon cycle that moves carbon from animals to the atmosphere
What is respiration
Plants store energy in what 3 places?
What are roots, stems, leaves
A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. Usually written on one line.
What is a food chain?
Organisms that FEED on dead decaying matter
What are Decomposers
Organisms that provide most of the energy in an ecosystem
What are plants/autotrophs/producers
If an autotroph has no access to the sun, they will use this process to produce energy
What is chemosynthesis
A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce.
What is a species?