All organisms are found in a zone called the ________.
What is the biosphere
A ______ is a group of organisms that share most characteristics.
What is a species
A _______ region has a mild climate.
What is temperate
All organisms need ______ for their cells to function properly.
What is energy
Each feeding level in an ecosystem is called a _____ _____.
What is a trophic level
The living parts of an ecosystem are called______.
What are biotic factors
The second level of organization is _______.
What is a population
________ ecosystems are on land.
All organisms that produce their own food are called ________.
What are producers/autotrophs
_______ make up the first level of a food chain or food web.
What are Producers
Temperature, weather, soil, and water are all examples of _______.
What are abiotic factors
A _________ is made up of all the populations that live in that area at the same time
What is a community
_______ ecosystems are in rivers, lakes, streams, and wetlands.
What is Freshwater.
________ are organisms that cannot make their own food.
What are Consumers/Heterotrophs
A _____ _____ is a series of organisms in which each feeds on one at the next lower level
What is a food chain
A habitat is ___________.
What is the place where an organism lives
The final level of organization is called a(n)_______
North Carolina's ________ ecosystems are often called temperate deciduous forest.
What is forest
________ are another kind of heterotroph.
A _____ ____ is a network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.
What is a food web
A niche is often called an _________.
What is an organisms role
An ecosystem is made up of _______ and _______ factors
What is biotic and abiotic
Ecosystems can be grouped into three main categories, ______,_______, and _______.
What is terrestrial, freshwater, and marine
A ______ gets their energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms and the wastes of living things.
The arrows point in the direction of the flow of ______ on a food chain.
What is energy