Vocabulary
An organism that is non-native and destructive to an ecosystem.
What is an invasive species?
These organisms produce energy through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
What are autotrophs?
Two or more organisms of the same species.
What is a population?
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
What is commensalism?
A process in which carbon is returned to the atmosphere by plants and animals.
What is cellular respiration?
These organisms are herbivores, therefore they are called ______________ consumers.
What is primary?
Includes all of the area in which life is found on Earth.
What is the biosphere?
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is harmed.
What is parasitism?
What is the process of bacteria changing Nitrates into atmospheric Nitrogen.
What is denitrification?
Something that only eats plants
What is a herbivore?
A coyote receives 1.432 J of energy from their prey, a rabbit. How much energy did the rabbit receive from the producer in the ecosystem?
What is 14.32 J?
The categories of biological organization in order from most specific to broadest.
What is organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere?
A relationship between two species in which both species benefit.
What is mutualism?
The process in which plants take in nitrogen by their roots.
What is assimilation?
Environmental pressures that affect population sizes regardless of their density or size.
What is a density-independent limiting factor?
The loss of energy to heat in the environment.
What is entropy?
Two or more populations of species.
What is a community?
The specific role, position, and functional interaction of a species within its ecosystem, including how it uses resources (food, shelter) and its behavior
What is niche?
A species that has a large impact on its environment relative to its, often low, abundance
What is a keystone species?
What is the percentage of energy LOST as it moves from producer to primary consumer to secondary consumer?
What is 90%?
Includes all of the living and non-living things in an area.
What is an ecosystem?
The type of population growth in which a population's growth rate decreases as it approaches carrying capacity.
What is logistic growth?
Study of the interactions of living things and their environment.
What is ecology?