Global Systems
Non-living factors or components of an ecosystem like precipitation and temperature are called:
abiotic factors
General averages of a regions temperature and precipitation is its:
climate
The group of organisms that produce their own food or source of energy
Autotrophs
What is the next step after transpiration in the water cycle?
Condensation
What is Mr. Brown's middle name?
Mathew
The study of living things and their interactions between themselves and the environment is:
Ecology
Temperature and Climate are abiotic factors
(TRUE OR FALSE)
True
A type of producer that creates energy though chemical reactions and not sunlight.
Chemosynthetic bacteria
A group of organisms responsible for recycling organic material back into the environment
Decomposers
How many gallons of air does an average human breathe in a 24 hr period?
~ 2,000 Gallons of air a day
the Biosphere
Earth's ability to convert the sun's energy into heat and retaining this heat is called:
Greenhouse Effect
the amount of living tissue existing within living organisms at each trophic level
Biomass
An organism that breaks down dead organisms
Decomposers
What does the acronym GMO stand for?
Genetically Modified Organism
Many different populations of species living in the same habitat is called a:
The 3 Greenhouse Gases responsible for maintaining a relatively stable temperature on Earth are:
2. Carbon Dioxide
3. Water Vapor
Example Food Chain
Eagle <-- fox <-- mouse <-- cricket <-- grass <-- Bacteria
What trophic level is the fox on this food chain?
Tertiary Consmer
Substances such as chemicals, compounds, & macromolecules that are essential for carrying out life functions in living organisms.
Nutrients
Which episode number is the first Star Wars film?
IV (4)
An Ecologist studies a group of ecosystems that have similar climates and are home to similar organisms which is called a:
Biome
Energy from the sun directly drives which component of the water cycle?
Evaporation
Which of the following does not belong:
Herbivores Carnivores Decomposers
Scavengers Primary Consumers Producers
Omnivores
Producers
(they do not consumer other organisms to obtain energy)
The difference between how energy and nutrients flow through an ecosystem is that energy flows in _________ and nutrients flow ____________
Energy flows in 1 direction
Nutrients flow in a cycle (recycle)
What is the capital of Vietnam?
Hanoi