An area where similar abiotic and biotic elements are found.
What is a biome?
100
A linear network of links of food
What is a food chain?
100
Close long term relation between two biological species.
what is symbiosis?
100
The process for converting solar energy into chemical energy
What is photosynthesis?
100
Substances used to attract, mitigate and destroy bugs.
What are pesticides?
200
A community of organisms with abiotic things (i.e. park)
What is an ecosystem?
200
Multiple interlocking links of food chains
What is food web?
200
The three main interactions between two organisms are known as (3 answers)
What is Mutualism, Commensalism, Parasitism
200
**DAILY DOUBLE**
The oxidation of NH4 to N
What is nitrification?
200
_ _ _ _ _ _ with high density and high atomic weight, often harmful to the environment
What are heavy metals?
300
The chemical dissolution of materials by bacteria and fungi
What is biodegradation?
300
Components needed for organisms to grow and survive (i.e. Water)
What are nutrients?
300
The prey of one organism to another
What is Predation
300
Nitrogen back into the atmosphere
What is denitrification?
300
The relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other is neither benefited, nor harmed.
What is commensalism?
400
The gathering of substances and is often harmful to the environment
What is bioaccumulation?
400
The steps in a food chain that shows relationships in organisms.
What are trophic levels?
400
The interaction between a dead organism and a living organism
What are decomposers
400
Chemical compound that is commonly found in shells
What is carbonate?
400
An unnamed insect crawls onto a plant and starts eating its sap. The plant cannot get rid of the insect, and calls a ladybug to help eat the insect. This is an example of what?
HINT: Read the question carefully. It may confuse you at first.
What is mutualism?
500
**DAILY DOUBLE**
Decomposition is slow here due to cold conditions. Broadleaf trees are replaced by coniferous trees and there is no rapid cycle of nutrients here. Name the biome.
HINT: It is one of the coldest, but not as cold as permanent ice.
What is temperate rainforest?
500
A model that displays loss of energy from one trophic level to the next (also known as an ecological _ _ _ _ _ _ _)
What is food pyramid/ecological pyramid
500
The name of the interactions where one organism is exploited and the other is benefited.
What is Mutualism?
500
The process in which both plants and animals release carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere by converting carbohydrates and oxygen into carbon dioxide and water
What is cellular respiration?
500
A man-made organic chlorinated hydrocarbon used in electrical items, heat transfer, paints, plastics and rubber products.