Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration is part of which biogeochemical cycle?
Carbon Cycle
What is the percentage of energy LOST as it moves from producer to primary consumer to secondary consumer?
90%
Which biome is characterized by low temperatures and low precipitation?
Tundra
What is the source of all energy?
The sun
What is the difference between abiotic and biotic
Biotic is living organisms, Abiotic is non-living organisms
What is the process by which a liquid changes to a gas?
Evaporation
What type of organism is missing from an Energy pyramid?
Decomposers
The 2 abiotic factors that define a biome
Temperature and Precipitation
A snowboarder at the top of a hill has what type of energy?
Potential Energy
Describe a mathematical expression to show a population that is decreasing. (Use the following terms: B, I, D, E)
B+I < D+E
Why must nitrogen fixation take place?
Atmospheric Nitrogen (N2) is unusable to plants and animals
How many carnivores are shown in the food web?
5
Which Biome has the most biodiversity?
Tropical Rainforest
What is the first law of thermodynamics?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed
Through what process does carbon enter the Biotic environment?
Photosynthesis
Explain assimilation
When nitrogen is taken up by the root of plants
Why are food webs and energy pyramids limited to only 4-5 levels?
There's not enough energy to support another level on the energy pyramid.
What is the x-axis and y-axis of a climatogram?
X-axis: Months
Y-axis: Temperature and Precipitation
What type of energy is the digestion of food?
Chemical energy
Name this biome:
Tundra
What is released during weathering, leaching and mining of rocks?
Phosphorus
What is the difference between an autotroph and a heterotroph and give an example of each
Autotroph - producer
Heterotroph - consumer
Where are desert biomes found?
- Tropic of cancer and Tropic of capricorn
- 20 degrees above and below the equator
What type of energy is used when riding a bicycle?
Mechanical
What is the independent variable and dependent variable of this graph.
Independent variable: Months
Dependant variable: temperature and precipitation