Food chain/ Food web
Biogeochemical Cycles
Symbiosis
Populations
Random Vocab
100
What is the ultimate source of energy in a food web?
Sun
100
Process 4
Condensation
100
Both organisms benefit
Mutualism
100
These make up populations and populations make up these. ( 2 Answers)
Species, Communities
100
A species that is not native to an ecosystem and causes harm
Invasive species
200
How much energy is transferred between trophic levels?
10%
200
What biological process takes carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere? What biological process puts it back?
Photosynthesis, respiration
200
One organism benefits, the other is unaffected
Commensalism
200
Disease in a population is an example of this kind of factor
Density- Dependent
200
A species that is critical to the stability of an ecosystem
Keystone species
300
A heterotroph that only consumes other animals
Carnivore
300
What organism is responsible for starting the nitrogen cycle?
Bacteria
300
One organism benefits and the other is harmed (not killed)
Parasitism
300
A pack of wolves shows what kind of dispersion?
Clumped
300
Nonliving factors in an ecosystem
Abiotic factors
400
What type of organism would be found on the second trophic level?
Herbivore
400
How have humans affected the phosphorous cycle? And how does this affect water sources?
Increased using fertilizers, eutrophication (Over supplying nutrients, which leads to an algal bloom)
400
Two populations with limited resources experience
Competition
400
Populations expanding rapidly have this kind of age structure
More children than elderly
400
This type of succession occurs after a volcanic eruption
Lichen colonize the area first, so they are known as..
Primary
Pioneer
500
The least abundant organism in this food web
Eagle
500
How do the nutrient cycles exhibit the law of "Conservation of mass"
Nutrients are constantly changing forms and shape, cycling through the biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere
500
Name the 3 types of symbiotic relationships and place the 2 symbols next to each one
Mutualism (+,+)
Commensalism (+,0)
Parasitism (+,-)
500
Where is exponential growth?
Where has it reached carrying capacity?
B, D
500
How have humans impacted climate change?
Increased CO2 in the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels
Deforestation
Pollution