A community formed by interactions of organisms with their physical environment.
What is an ecosystem.
Major ecosystems on Earth, each with their own unique organisms and environments.
What are biomes.
Lions typical fight to death for territory, mates, and food sources. Lions are most likely fighting due to?
What is Competition?
Where does all energy in ecosystems come from?
What is the sun?
Living organisms in an ecosystems are called these factors.
What are biotic factors.
A frog will usually be found in this type of ecoystem.
What is a pond.
The seven major biomes found on Earth.
What are the tundra, grassland/savanna, aquatic, tropical rainforest, temperate forest, desert, taiga.
A relationship in which one organism benefits, while the other is unaffected.
What is commensalism?
A diagram that shows how energy flows from one organism to another is called this.
What is a food chain.
Non-living parts of an ecosystems are called these types of factors.
What are abiotic factors.
These factors affect organisms living in ecosystems.
What are biotic and abiotic factors.
In the tundra, the permanently frozen ground is called this.
What is permafrost.
The organism that is hunted and eaten in a particular feeding relationship.
What is prey?
A diagram that shows the feeding relationship beween organisms in an ecosytem is called this.
What is a food web.
Sunlight, wind, water and soil are all examples of what type of factors?
What are abiotic factors.
A relationship where things work together and depend on each other.
What is symbiosis.
This is the Earth's coldest biome.
What is the tundra.
An animal that feeds on what another animal has killed.
What is a scavenger?
Light Energy is transformed into this energy by produces.
What is chemical energy? sugar and glucose are acceptable as well
Factors that affect an organisms ability to live and grow in an ecosystem are called this.
What are limiting factors.
This is the study of interactions between organisms and their environments.
What is ecology.
This biome covers roughly 75% of Earth's surfae.
What is aquatic biome.
Plover birds typically eat parasites trapped inside of crocodiles' mouths. The plover receives a meal, while the crocodile is rid of parasites. What type of ecological relationships does this scenario represent?
What is Mutualism?
Levels in an energy pyramid that represent available energy for the organisms living in that specific level.
What is a trophic level.
Extreme cold temperature is an example of what type of factor?
What is an abiotic limiting actor.