Ecology
Biomes
Biogeochemical Cycles
Energy Flow
Climatograms
100
Name one biotic factor of an ecosystem
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100
Terrestrial biome with the highest level of productivity
Tropical Rain forest
100
Carbon is made from a gas to a solid through...
Photosynthesis
100
How do autotrophs gain energy
Photosynthesis (and Chemosynthesis)
100
Two abiotic components that climatograms measure
Precipitation and Temperature
200
Name one abiotic factor of an ecosystem
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200
Terrestrial Biome with the lowest amount of productivity
Desert
200
Where most of the carbon on earth is stored
The Ocean
200
What animals are classified as secondary consumers
Predators
200
What is the duration of time that a climatogram measures
A year
300
What level of ecological organization is represented by several species of trees, deer, raccoons, and birds
Community
300
Aquatic Biome with the highest amount of productivity
Estuary
300
What process adds carbon into the atmosphere as a gas
Cellular Respiration
300
What type of pyramid cannot be inverted
Trophic or Energy Pyramid
300
How can you tell what hemisphere an ecosystem is in based on a climatogram
If the seasons are concave or convex
400
Can a specialist species survive in many different environments? Why or Why not?
No, specialist species are finely adapted to some point in their environment.
400
Aquatic biome with the highest biodiversity
Coral Reef
400
Name one carbon source and one carbon sink
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400
Why is only 10% of energy transferred to the next trophic level and what happens to the other 90%?
10% is available energy thought biomass and the other 90% is used by organisms for cellular respiration.
400
What Biome has high average rainfall and high temperatures?
Tropical Rain forest
500
Describe the difference between a fundamental niche and a realized niche
A fundamental niche is the full area that an organism could potentially occupy, whereas the realized niche is the area that an organism actually occupies due to competition.
500
The Biome the school is built on
Temperate Deciduous Forest
500
The three most common limiting nutrients for plant growth that commonly cause algal booms in bodies of water.
Phosphorus, Nitrogen, and Potassium (PNK)
500
How many trophic levels does this food web have
5
500
What Biome has high average temperatures, and medium average rainfall where it gets most of its rainfall in a two month period.
Savanna