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THE MAIN SOURCE OF SURVIVAL FOR ALL LIVING ORGANISMS ON EARTH
WHAT IS ENERGY?
IN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, THREE FACTORS DETERMINE THE NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY.
WHAT IS LIGHT, TEMPERATURE, AND RAINFALL?
A PLANT THAT GAINS ENERGY FROM THE SUN AND MAKES THEIR OWN FOOD.
WHAT IS A PRODUCER?
A SERIES OF STEPS WHERE ORGANISMS TRANSFER ENERGY TO ONE ANOTHER BY EATING OR BEING EATEN.
WHAT IS A FOOD WEB?
EATS BOTH PLANTS AND ANIMALS
WHAT ARE OMNIVORES?
AUTOTROPHS CONVERT WATER AND CARBON DIOXIDE INTO
WHAT ARE CARBOHYDRATES?
THE REPRESENTATION OF THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY OR MATTER IN AN ECOSYSTEM.
WHAT IS AN ECOLOGICAL PYRAMID?
A PROCESS THAT IS CARRIED OUT BY SEVERAL TYPES OF BACTERIA.
WHAT IS CHEMOSYNTHESIS?
ORGANISMS THAT CANNOT MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD
WHAT ARE HETEROTROPHS?
ORGAISMS RELY ON THIS TO SURVIVE
WHAT IS ENERGY AND A FOOD SOURCE?
THE MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY
WHAT IS SUNLIGHT?
NON-LIVING PART OF AN ECOSYSTEM THAT SHAPES ITS ENVIROMENT.
WHAT ARE ABIOTIC FACTORS?
FOUR PRCOESSES ACCOUNT FOR THE MOVEMENT OF WATER MOLECULES THROUGH THE ECOSYSTEM. EVAPORATION, PRECIPITATION, TRANSPIRATION....
WHAT IS CONDENSATION?
THE WATER CYCLE, THE CARBON CYCLE, THE NITROGEN CYCLE, THE PHOSPHORUS CYCLE.
WHAT IS THE BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE?
ONLY A CERTAIN PERCENT OF HTE SUN'S ENERGY IS CONCERTED INTO GLUCOSE.
WHAT IS 1%?
THE POSITION AN ORGANISM HOLDS IN A FOOD CHAIN
WHAT ARE TROPHIC LEVELS?
THE REGION OF THE EARTH THAT ENCOMPASSES ALL LIVING ORGANISMS: PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND BACTERIA
WHAT IS A BIOSPHERE?
RAINFORESTS ACCOUNT FOR THIS MUCH OF THE EARTHS SURFACE
WHAT IS 5%
THE PRCOESS THAT USES SUNLIGHT TO MAKE ENERGY
WHAT IS PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
ANY ENERGY CONSUMED BY THIS CAN'T BE PASSED UP TO THE NEXT TROPHIC LEVEL
WHAT IS CELLULAR RESPIRATION?
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF GLUCOSE PRODUCED BY PHOTOSYNTHESIS
WHAT IS GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY?
AN ORGANISM THAT EATS ONLY ANIMALS.
WHAT IS A CARNIVORE?
THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF BACTERIA IN THIS CYCLE
WHAT IS THE NITROGEN CYCLE?
ORGANISMS THAT BREAK DOWN DEAD/DECAYING ORGANISMS.
WHAT ARE DECOMPOSERS?
THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY OR MATTER IN AN ECOSYSTEM CNA BE REPRESESNTED BY THIS.
WHAT IS AN ECOLOGICAL PYRAMID?