Ecosystems 1
something that produces food for itself
What is a producer?
An organism that uses sunlight to create its food
What is a producer
any animal that feeds mainly on plants; plant-eater
What is a herbivore?
any living thing that feeds on both plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
Plants make ________using a process called________ .....
What glucose and photosynthesis
In Primary Succession, the base material is is....
What is rock?
How much energy is transferred between trophic levels?
What is 10%
Fungi are on the food chain and they are responsible for ________________
What is breaking down decaying materils
This process requires light
What is photosynthesis?
In Secondary Succession, the base material is
what is dirt?
Animals ____________ for food, water, territory, and mates.
What is an competition?
bacteria, fungi, worms, ants, beetles, sow bugs
What are some examples of decomposers?
Long term relationship between 2 different organisms.
What is a symbiosis?
This process allows plants to get rid of excess water so they do not burst.
What is transpiration
The first inhabitants in ecological succession are the
What is a Pioneer Species?
An organism that feeds on dead and decaying organisms
What are scavengers?
A Living thing
What is an organism?
Tiny holes on the underside of leaves and stems.
What are stomata
Examples of things that can cause an ecosystem to start at secondary succession are....
What is fire, mudslide, volcano?
An organism that eats meat
What is a Carnivore
What does a food web show
How animals rely on each other in an environment to live.
The form of energy cells can use
What is ATP
An animal the eats plants or other animals and does not make its own food.
What is a consumer?
Cellular respiration occurs in which organelle?
What is the mitochondria?
The highest level of ecological succession is ?
What is a Climax Community?