VOCABULARY
WEBS OR CHAINS
MISC
LEVELS
RELATIONSHIPS
100
What are the different populations that live in the same habitat and interact with each other called?
What is a community
100
Shows how matter and energy move thru an ecosystem
What is a food chain (energy flow is one way, while matter is recycled within the ecosystem)
100
which of the following are abiotic factors: a. fish b. turtle c. soil d. flower
What is c. soil
100
these organisms get their energy from the sun?
What are autotrophs or producers
100
the symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits, ant the other is harmed + -
What is parasitism
200
All the biotic and abiotic factors in a community are called?
What is an ecosystem
200
how much energy moves up to each trophic level on a food chain?
What is 10%
200
cycle in which photosynthesis and cellular respiration occur?
What is the carbon cycle
200
what type of organism breaks down dead things?
What are decomposers
200
The type of symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit each other + +
What is mutualism
300
all life on earth exist in a region known as?
What is the biosphere
300
shows all the feeding relationships at each trophic levels in a community?
What is a food web
300
cycle which is dependent on bacteria for nitrogen fixation and denitrification
What is the nitrogen cycle
300
carnivores that eat herbivores are?
What is secondary consumers
300
the symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected + 0
What is commensalism
400
The study of interactions of living things with one another and their environment?
What is ecology
400
each step in a food chain or web is called?
What is a trophic level
400
what term describes the release of water vapor from plant leaves?
What is transpiration
400
what trophic level eats producers?
What are herbivores or primary consumers
400
Which is a population a. frogs and fish in a pond b. cardinals in williamsburg c. whales and dolphins at seaworld d. all the birds in Texas
What is b. cardinals in williamsburg
500
the process by which bacteria convert nitrogen gas to ammonium?
What is nitrogen fixation
500
if a producer contains 10,000 calories, how many calories of energy would be expected to be found in a primary consumer?
What is 1000
500
in the carbon cycle, plants use energy from the sun to convert__________ into organic matter.
What is carbon dioxide
500
A hawk that eats a frog that eats an grasshopper that fed on a plant is ? what type of consumer?
What is a tertiary consumer
500
smallest to largest: a. biosphere d. community b. population e. organism c. ecosystem f. biome
What is e b d c f a organism--population--community--ecosystem--biome--bioshpere
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