Vocabulary
A way of showing how matter and energy pass from one organism to another in an ecosystem
food chain
Animals that only consume other animals
when plants give off water
transpiration
This is found in the molecules of every living thing
Carbon
Dude who came up with evolution
Darwin
organisms that make their own food
Producer or autotroph
organisms that breakdown and recycle materials in the ecosystem
decomposers
when gas changes to liquid
condensation
plants use this to perform photosynthesis
Carbon dioxide
Science of classification
taxonomy
organisms that do not make their own food
heterotroph or consumer
a model that shows all the possible feeding relationships among the organisms in a community
food web
water returned to the ground
precipitation
plants give off
oxygen
Name the levels of taxonomy
DKPCOFGS
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
animals that consume producers (plants)
herbivores
shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level in an ecosystem
energy pyramid
water changing from liquid to gas, aided by the sun
evaporation
these recycle materials through the food web
decomposers
Who came up with our current taxonomy
Linnaeus
animals that consume plants or animals
omnivores
all the living organisms in an area as well as the nonliving parts of that environment
ecosystem
plants and animals need this to make protein
nitrogen
these give energy to consumers
producers
What is the national animal of Scotland
Unicorn