Levels
A group of the same species living and interacting with each other.
What is a population?
Only [blank] of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next.
What is 10%?
What is the starting source of almost all energy in an ecosystem?
What is the sun?
Sally is a T-Rex and solely eats meat, what is she considered?
What is a carnivore?
What is the study of interactions between organisms and their environment.
A single organism separate from it's species that exists independently
What is an individual?
A graphical representation of how many organisms are present at each trophic level.
What is a pyramid of numbers?
Why doesn’t energy get recycled in ecosystems?
Because it's lost at heat.
Ishi the earthworm feeds on decaying organic matter(wood, feces, etc), what is he?
What is a detritivore?
What are examples of abiotic factors?
What is light, temp, and/or water.
An area full of various species and populations that interact
What is a community?
What type of ecosystems are inverted biomass pyramids commonly found in?
What is an aquatic and/or a marine ecosystem?
Nutrients like carbon, nitrogen, and water move through producers, consumers, and decomposers. What is this movement called?
What is cycling?
Humans can't produce food on their own, what are they considered?
What is a heterotroph?
The process of bacteria using chemical energy to produce food.
What is chemosynthesis?
Any living thing in an ecosystem would be considered...
What is a biotic factor?
What do biomass pyramid represent?
The total mass or living matter of organisms at each trophic level.
What law explains why matter isn’t created or destroyed, but reused?
What is the Law of Conservation of Matter?
How does an autotroph produce food?
What is through light energy or chemosynthesis?
Carnivores are often considered [blank].
What are secondary consumers?
What differentiates the biosphere and an ecosystem?
The biosphere is larger and consists of the entirety of Earth's ecosystems.
Ecosystems are within the biosphere and consist of specific communities of living organisms.
What is the main difference between how energy and matter move in ecosystems?
Energy flows one way and is lost as heat, while matter cycles and is reused.
A food chain begins with [blank], which are organisms like plants that create their own food, often through photosynthesis.
What are producers?
Fungi and bacteria break down dead organisms and in return release nutrients, they are [blank].
What are decomposers?