Ecology
Trophic Levels
Cycles
Ecosystems
Miscellaneous
100
a feeding relationship in an ecosystem that forms a network of interactions
What is a food web
100
each step in a food chain or web
What are trophic levels
100
the process by which water changes from a liquip to a gas
What is evaporation
100
both species benefit from relationship
What is mutualism
100
group of organisms live in the same area and are classified as the same species
What is a population
200
a series of steps by which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
What is a food chain
200
make up the first trophic level
What is a producer
200
erosion and volcanic activity, release carbon dioxide to the atmosphere and oceans.
What is geochemical processes
200
one member of the relationship benefits and the other does not benefit but is not harmed
What is commensalism
200
different populations that live in a defined area
What is a community
300
land, water, and the atmosphere are all a part of this.
What is the biosphere
300
make up 2nd trophic level and all above
What is a consumer
300
photosynthesis, respiration, and decomposition, take up and release carbon and oxygen.
What is biological processes
300
one organism lives on or inside another and does harm to the other organism, none of the organisms beneifit
What is parasitism
300
The first species to populate the area
What is pioneer species
400
individuals, populations, communities, ecosystems and biomes are all a part of this.
What is levels of organization.
400
the amount of energry passed onto the next trophic level
What is 10%
400
convert nitrogen gas into ammonia (NH3) in a process known as
What is nitrogen fixation
400
Area where an organism lives, includes both biotic and abiotic factors
What is habitat
400
succession that occurs on surfaces where no soil exists
What is primary succession
500
the scientific study of interactions amoung organisms and between organisms and their enviornment
What is ecology
500
a diagram that shows the amount of energy in each trophic level
What is ecological pyramid
500
Other soil bacteria convert nitrates into nitrogen gas in a process called
What is denitrification
500
physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and the way in which the organism use those conditions.
What is niche
500
the total of the genetically based variety of all organisms in the biosphere.
What is biodiversity
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