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What Do I Eat?
Energy Through an Ecosystem
The Carbon Cycle
The Water Cycle
100
These are living parts of an ecosystem
What is biotic
100
I eat only plants
What is a herbivore
100
This model show how energy passes from one organism to another
What is a food chain
100
Carbon is stored in the atmosphere as this gas
What is carbon dioxide
100
When water forms clouds
What is condensation
200
In an ecosystem, dirt, air, rocks are these kinds of components
What are abiotic components
200
I eat plants and animals
What is an omnivore
200
When a cow eats grass, only this percentage is stored in its tissues
What is 4
200
Carbon is stored in plants and then animals that eat the plants as these compounds
What are sugars
200
When water falls to the ground from clouds
What is precipitation
300
The role that an organism plays in an ecosystem
What is a niche?
300
I eat only other animals
What is a carnivore
300
A more complex model of energy movement in an ecosystem, which shows the multiple predator/prey relationships
What is a food web
300
The process that plants change CO2 into sugars is called
What is photosynthesis
300
When water turns to a vapour and rises away from the earth or oceans
What is evaporation
400
The name given to the role that plants play in an ecosystem
What is a producer
400
The general term for organisms that are caught as food
What are prey
400
A diagram that shows the different amounts of organisms required to pass energy on to the next level
What is a pyramid of numbers
400
The atmosphere transfers CO2 to the oceans because
What is CO2 dissolves in water
400
Water that hits the ground but does not go underground is called
What is run-off
500
All organisms that are not plants are called
What is a comsumer
500
The general term for animals that catch other animals for food
What is a predator
500
The total mass of all the living organisms in a ecosystem
What is biomass
500
Decomposed organisms store carbon underground, but it can come back up to the atmosphere when we do what?
What is burning fossil fuels
500
The process that plants release water to the atmosphere
What is transpiration
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