Food Chains, Webs, & Trophic Levels
series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
What is a food chain?
the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back
What is the carbon cycle?
the conversion of light energy from the sun into chemical energy
What is photosynthesis?
the process by which long-term trends such as temperature, precipitation, etc. change due to global/regional fluctuations
What is climate change?
the process by which ocean water pH drops over time, thereby increasing acidity and making it harder on marine life such as corals and shellfish
What is ocean acidification?
What is the grasshopper?
the process in which water changes from a liquid to a gas, especially from large bodies of water such as a lake
What is evaporation?
Original source of energy for photosynthesis
What is the sun?
the increase of Earth's temperatures, largely due to human activity
What is global warming?
the gas primarily responsible for ocean acidification
What is CO2 or carbon dioxide?
in a food web that consists of several food chains, this type of consumer eats a primary consumer
What is a secondary consumer?
What is condensation?
carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight
What are the inputs of photosynthesis?
gases that trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere
What are greenhouse gases?
the compound that is the main component of coral and shellfish structures/shells
What is calcium carbonate?
the point at which a food chain, food web, or ecosystem comes into balance, as noted in the later months of the provided graph
What is equilibrium?
the process by which atmospheric carbon dioxide is fixed into a usable form by plants
What is photosynthesis?
What are the inputs for cellular respiration?
trend in CO2 emissions as long as the global human population continues to rise
What is increases or increasing?
What are cyanobacteria?
the way in which energy levels change as you go up a trophic pyramid and why this happens
What is a decrease due to heat loss?
the process by which animals produce and release carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere
What is animal respiration?
the second big step of cellular respiration; it takes place inside the mitochondria
What is the Krebs cycle?
the approximate level of atmospheric methane in parts per billion (ppb) in the year 2015
What is 1800 ppb methane? (Give or take 100 ppb)
the eon in which the Earth began to see oxygen in the atmosphere
What is Proterozoic?