It's Alive!...or maybe not
term used to categorize a living thing
What is biotic?
the autotrophs of a food chain
What are producers?
What is a survivorship curve?
the type of succession that describes a piece of land that was destroyed but then had new life
phase of the water cycle where water leaves the pores of plant leaves
What is transpiration?
term used to categorize a non-living thing.
What is abiotic?
term used to describe organisms that have to get their energy from consuming other organisms
What are heterotrophs?
the type of survivorship curve that shows a high survival rate and long lifespan
What is a type 1 survivorship curve?
the type of succession that happens when there is no life on a piece of land to begin with
What is primary succession?
phase of the water cycle that causes puddles
What is collection?
Name 3 abiotic factors that can also be considered pollutants.
(teacher discretion)
the highest possible trophic level of a food chain
What is a tertiary consumer?
the type of survivorship curve that shows a low survival rate and a short lifespan
What is a type 3 survivorship curve?
Name of the volcano that erupted in the 80's and caused one of the most intense cases of secondary succession known to man.
What is Mount St. Helens?
phase of the carbon cycle that is causing the pH of the ocean to become more acidic
What is ocean uptake?
Name 3 abiotic factors that plants need to survive.
Water, sunlight, carbon dioxide, glucose, nitrogen (in soil)
an intermingling of food chains
What is a food web?
the necessary variety in types of species in an ecosystem for all species to survive
What is biodiversity?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
Name the cycle of matter that is critical for the survival of plant life.
What is the nitrogen cycle?
Name the reactants of photosynthesis.
carbon dioxide, water and sunlight
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
TRUE OR FALSE and WHY: Viruses are biotic factors.
FALSE: viruses are non-living things that replicate by using the host's DNA
states that each trophic level only net profits a certain percentage of what it eats?
What is the ten percent rule?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
TRUE OR FALSE: All phases of the carbon cycle feature carbon being released.
FALSE: Ocean uptake (carbon taken in by the ocean)
term used to describe a species that initiates primary succession
What is a pioneer species?
Name the 2 products of photosynthesis.
Glucose and oxygen