Living Things
Energy Flow
Cycles of Matter
100
What is the first level of ecological organization?
individual
100
An organism that eats other organisms or organic material.
consumer
100
What happens during evaporation
liquid turns to gas
200
What's ecology?
the study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment.
200
food chain
200
define law of conservation of energy.
energy can change forms, but can't be created nor destroyed.
300
A national park spans 100 square kilometers and currently supports a population of 500 bears, resulting in a population density of 5 bears per square kilometer. However, due to conservation efforts, the bear population increases to 700. What's the new pop density?
7 bears per square kilometers
300
what do we call an animal that eats both plants and animals?
omnivore
300
In the water cycle, what happens after evaporation?
condensation
400
provide the 6 examples of abiotic factors from the notes
soil, light, water, air, humidity, and temperature
400
What are 3 examples of producers
any plants
400
This element is the building block of life for organisms on Earth?
carbon
500
Give me the 5 examples of limiting factors from the notes
low food supply, disease, predators, limited space, and nutrition availability
500
define energy pyramid
a triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem’s loss of energy, which results as energy passes through the ecosystem’s food chain.
500
what are two compounds are made during nitrogen fixation?
ammonia and nitrates