The form of carbon that is present in the atmosphere.
What is carbon dioxide
This is the process of water falling from the clouds as rainfall.
What is precipitation
This is the formula of nitrogen that is present in the atmosphere and is not able to be used by plants
What is N2
This diagram uses only one arrow to show the energy flow through a group of organisms
What is a food chain
How much energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next?
What is 10%
The process plants use to convert carbon from the atmosphere into glucose using sunlight.
What is photosynthesis.
This is the main source of power for the water cycle.
What is the sun.
This process by bacteria in the roots allows for atmospheric nitrogen to be used by plants
What is nitrogen fixation
This diagram uses many arrows to show relationships of many organisms in an ecosystem
What is a food web
This type of energy transfer occurs through indirect contact.
This process occurs when water leaves the surface of plant leaves as water vapor
What is the type of nitrogen that can be used by plants?
What are nitrates (NO3-)
These are the names which are assigned depending on the process energy is obtain by the organism
What is are producers or consumers
This type of energy transfer occurs through direct contact
What is conduction
This process occurs in both plants and animals and results in the formation of carbon dioxide and energy.
This type of water stream occurs when there is an overflow of water which allows for water to leave and enter other water systems
What is runoff
What is eutrophication
This is a species which is very important to an ecosystem and can be identified using a food web.
What is a keystone species
This is a location where a lot of carbon is trapped. An example is the ocean being a carbon sink.
What is a carbon reservoir
These are the steps water takes to go from the ocean, to the clouds, back down to Earth, and then into the ground
What are evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and percolation
This type of bacteria in the soil which converts nitrates (NO3-) back to atmospheric nitrogen (N2)
Which type of interaction can be seen in a food web through a relationship between a tertiary consumer and secondary consumer
What is a predator prey interaction
This type of energy production is achieved by using inorganic chemicals to make energy
What is chemosynthesis