Feeding Pathways
Basic Ecology Terminology
Chemical Cycling
Biomes
Community Interactions
100
This diagram shows the feeding relationships among ALL the species in an ecosystem.
What is food web?
100
All the non-living components (parts) of an ecosystem.
What is abiotic?
100
The burning of fossil fuels will increase the amount of this biochemical?
What is carbon?
100
Evergreens trees, such as firs, spruce, and pine are characteristic of this biome.
What is coniferous forest?
100
The symbiotic relationship where both benefit, such as, a bee and flower.
What is mutualism?
200
The amount of energy available to be passed onto the next trophic level is
What is 10%?
200
When an ecologist counts all the different living species in an area, he/she is tracking the ______________.
What is community?
200
This biochemical cycle requires legume plants to convert atmospheric gas form into a usable form (soil nutrient).
What is Nitrogen?
200
This biome receives very little precipitation yet also maintains permafrost.
What is Tundra?
200
A leech ingesting the blood of a human is an example of
What is parasitism?
300
An organism in a food web that has NO arrows pointing away form it indicates this trophic level
What is Top Predator?
300
The entire region the includes living organisms ranging from within the Earth's crust and into the atmosphere is classified as the ______________.
What is biosphere?
300
Transpiration process of plants is part of this cycle.
What is the water cycle?
300
Gray squirrels, white tail deer, red cardinals, and raccoons are characteristic animals of this biome.
What is temperate forest?
300
The complete recovery of an ecosystem back into a healthy state following a disturbance is the ________________.
What is the climax community?
400
If this trophic level was eliminated, it would have the greatest impact on the ecosystem as a whole.
What are primary producers (autotrophs)?
400
An ant marching along with its colony is an example of a(n) _________ factor of an ecosystem.
What is biotic?
400
Bacteria play an important role in the denitrification process in this cycle.
What is nitrogen?
400
Zebras, lions, elephants, and hippopotamus are characteristic animals of this biome.
What is grassland (Savannah)?
400
The first species that can inhabit a soil-free bedrock land surface after a disturbance is a ____________________.
What is a pioneer species?
500
Arrows always point in the direction of
What is energy flow?
500
This trophic level is key regarding the recycling of the circle of life within ecosystems.
What are Decomposers?
500
This cycle does not require the atmosphere for the cycling of its chemical matter.
What is phosphorous?
500
Biomes are classified by these 4 major categories.
What are temperature, precipitation, characteristic animals, and characteristic plants? (sometimes soil types are used)
500
An abandon field that was used for farming would create this type of succession.
What is Secondary Succession?
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