Ecosystems
The environment where an organism lives.
Habitat
An organism that obtains energy by consuming other organism.
Consumer.
One individual feeds on another
Predation
Abiotic factors include,
-Low temperature for most of the year.
-Short growing season - Permafrost layer beneath soil
- 0cm to 25cm/year in precipitation
- Poor soil quality
Tundra
A substance used to kill a pest
Pesticide
An animal that only eats plants.
Herbivore
An organism that makes its own energy rich food using the suns energy.
Producer
One individual lives on, or in a host organism and feeds on it.
Parasitism
Biotic factors include,
- Coniferous trees -Seed-eating birds -squirrels
-voles -snowshoe hares -Black bears
-grey wolves -pine martens
Boreal Forest
A substance applied to an area to provide the nutrients plants need for growth.
Fertilizer
An animal that eats both plants and other animals
Omnivores
The process in which the suns energy is is converted into chemical energy, (food).
Photosynthesis
The series of processes that moves water through the environment
Water cycle
Biotic factors include,
-Fescue grasses -Grasshoppers -bison
-voles and mice -snakes -hawks -coyotes
Grassland
An ecosystem created by humans, not self-sustaining.
EX.(Farm)
Artificial ecosystem
The three spheres that make up the biosphere.
Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Lithosphere.
Energy that travels through empty space.
Radiant Energy
The linear levels of which energy is consumed. starting with producers and ending in apex predators.
Food chain
Abiotic factors include,
-Temperatures vary with elevation
-cool summers -windy conditions
-Heavy precipitation on windward side of mountains
-fast flowing rivers
Mountain Forest
Living organisms, not visible to the human eye, Found in soil providing rich nutrients.
microscopic organisms.
What are the four stages to make a full ecosystem.
A single organism, A population, A community and a Ecosystem and its abiotic features.
The process in which sugar and oxygen are converted into carbon dioxide, water, and energy to provide energy for the cell.
Cellular respiration
A representation of the feeding relationships within a community. (non Linear)
Food web
Biotic factors include,
-Deciduous trees and other flowering plants
-Tree and ground squirrels -Many insectes
-Shrews and Mice -Deer -Black bears
-Hummingbirds -weasels
Deciduous forest
charcoal that is produced by pyrolysis of biomass in the absence of oxygen; it is used as a soil amendment.
Bio-Char