Abiotic Factors
This is average weather over many decades.
Climate.
What do you call organisms that make their own food?
Producers.
What do the arrows in a food web show?
Direction of energy flow.
What type of ecosystem exists in a place that is cold and dry?
Arctic tundra.
These 2 abiotic factors are most important for determining which type of ecosystem is in a place.
Temperature and precipitation.
The type of symbiosis where both organisms benefit, like bees and buttercups.
Mutualism.
In the food web Grass --> Antelope --> Lion, what would happen to the grass if hunters kill all the lions?
Name 2 important abiotic factors in Marine ecosystems other than water temperature.
This soil type is great for growing.
Loamy soil.
Explain why predator and prey populations can cycle up and down.
they affect each other...
What category of organisms exists at Trophic Level 3?
Secondary Consumers.
The prefix "eco-" comes from the Greek word "oikos". What does oikos mean?
home or house