Biotic or Abiotic
Cycles of Matter
Flow of Energy
Important Vocabulary
Classify that Organism
100
Anything living in an ecosystem is considered
Biotic
100
Matter (CYCLES or FLOWS) through an ecosystem.
Cycles
100
The amount of energy that moves from one trophic level to the next
10%
100
Organisms that eat both meat and plants are called
Omnivores
100
Grasshoppers are considered (PRODUCER or CONSUMERS)
Consumers
200
The non-living parts of an ecosystem
Abiotic
200
Any form of water that falls from the clouds is called
Precipitation
200
All energy on Earth, directly or indirectly, comes from the ______________.
Sun
200
Producers use the sun's energy to sugar.
Photosynthesis
200
The fox in this food web can be classified as a (heterotroph or autotroph)
Heterotroph
300
Water weeds are (BIOTIC or ABIOTIC)
Biotic
300
When water changes from a liquid to a gas
evaporation
300
What would happen to the population of owls if the mouse was removed from the food web?
The population of owls would decrease because there would be less available food for them.
300
This contains all the biotic and abiotic factors in a given area.
Ecosystem
300
This organism is a (PRODUCER, OMNIVORE, DECOMPOSER, or CARNIVORE)
Decomposer
400
Ture or False: Things that were once alive but are no longer are now abiotic factors.
False, abiotic factors are things that are not alive and were never alive.
400
These organisms go through nitrogen fixation, which turns nitrogen gas into a usable form.
Bacteria
400
If the grass contains 5000 units of energy, how much energy do the primary consumers have available at their trophic level?
500 units of energy
400
What do decomposers do?
Recycle nutrients from dead organisms back into the environment.
400
What would happen to the snake population if the eagles were removed from the food web?
The snake population would increase because the eagles are predators of the snakes.
500
Name three abiotic factors in this picture.
Sun, Water, Air
500
The evaporation of water from plants is called
Transpiration
500
If autotrophs have 35,000 units of energy available to them, how much energy would secondary consumers have?
350 units of energy
Secondary consumers = organisms that eat herbivores
500
Heat being trapped by carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere that helps keep the planet warm
Greenhouse Effect
500
There are multiple ways to classify the lion in this food web. List three....
1. Carnivore
2. Consumer
3. Predator