Biosphere
Made up of both abiotic and biotic factors
What is the Ecosystem
Organisms that make their own food.
What are autotrophs or producers
Group of organisms of one species that live together in the same area
What is a Population
Large ecological areas classified by climate and geography?
What are Biomes
This is the sum of all ecosystems
What is the Biposphere
All energy cycle begin with this?
Sunlight
Collection of several populations that live and interact together
What is a Community.
What type of biome is NC classified as?
What is temperate deciduous forest?
Name three types of consumers?
What are Herbivores, carnivores, omnivores or detritivores.
Frogs, plants and bacteria are examples of what?
What are biotic factors
Percentage of heat lost as you move up trophic levels in a food web?
What is 90%
Smallest level of ecological organization?
What is an Atom
How many forest biomes are there?
What is 3
True or False, Food Chains are more stable then Food Webs.
What is False
pH, light & ozone are examples of what?
What are abiotic factors
The making of organic compounds using energy derived from inorganic chemicals (occurs in the absence of sunlight)
What is Chemosynthesis
Refers to the role an organism plays in an ecosystem?
What is a Niche
Name the two aquatic biomes?
What are Freshwater and Saltwater
Digestion and hunting are examples of Heat Loss in Food Webs, True or False?
What is True
What is bacteria
These cycle dead material back into the Food Web
Detritivores (Decomposers)
Total amount of living tissue in a trophic level.
What is Biomass
NC is ecologically unique because it borders these two habitats
What are sub-tropical temperate and boreal?
Are algae & phytoplankton producers or consumers?
What are producers