Producers and Consumers
Producers use this process to gain energy from sunlight
What is photosynthesis?
This is the energy source for all ecosystems
What is the Sun?
This type of pyramid shows the total population count of a species in each level
What is a number pyramid?
This sphere is made of all living things on Earth.
What is the biosphere?
A change in phase from liquid to gas.
What is evaporation?
This type of consumer eats the remains of other dead organisms
What is a decomposer?
This is a series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
What is a food chain?
In this type of pyramid, the widest level is always the base
What is an energy pyramid?
This consists of all water on Earth.
What is the hydrosphere?
A change in phase from gas to liquid.
What is condensation?
This is another word for a producer (hint: not looking for plant!!)
What is an autotroph?
A graph showing multiple food chains are combined into a network of interactions
What is a food web?
An energy pyramid shows this
What are the total calories available in each trophic level?
This consists of the crust, mantle, and the core
What is the Geosphere?
The name for condensed water vapor falling from the sky.
What is precipitation?
This type of creature consumes both plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
The base level of a food web contains these
What are primary producers?
What is the total mass of all the creatures in each trophic level?
The lower layer of this sphere is where all weather occurs.
What is the atmosphere?
The loss of water from plants to the atmosphere.
What is transpiration?
This type of creature consumes dead animals, but not for the purpose of decomposition
What is a scavenger?
The top level of a food web contains this type of species
What is an apex predator?
The 10 percent rule describes the transfer of this
What is energy from one trophic level to another?
This sphere consists of only the crust and the upper mantle.
What is the lithosphere?
The process by which surface water enters the soil.
What is infiltration?