Ecological Relationship
Energy in Ecosystem
Food Chain/Food Web
Cycling of Matter
Pyramid Models
100
variety of living things
What is biodiversity
100
organisms that make their own food
What is producers
100
shows the feeding relationship for a single line of producers and consumers.
What is a food chain
100
Two ways that water can enter the atmosphere
What is evaporation and transpiration
100
diagram that compares the energy used by producers, primary consumers, and other trophic levels.
What is an energy pyramid
200
study of the environment
What is ecology
200
consumers are also called_________
What is heterotrophs
200
level of feeding / "nourishment"
What is trohpic
200
circular pathway of water on Earth
What is water cycle
200
located at the base or bottom of the pyramid
What is producers
300
group of DIFFERENT species that all live together in one area
What is community
300
process by which plants use energy fromt he sun to make sugars
What is photosynthesis
300
complex network of feeding relationships
What is a food web
300
two elements that cycle through our environment
What are (any two): Water, Oxygen, carbon, phosphrous, nitrogen
300
measure of the total amount, or dry mass, of organisms in a given area.
What is Biomass pyramid
400
all of the living things and non living things in an area.
What is ecosystem
400
producers are also called_______
What is autotrophs
400
organism that eats dead plant and animal matter
What is a detritivore
400
What is necessary for nitrogen to cycle in the environment
What are bacteria and decomposers
400
the actual number of individual organisms at each trophic level of an ecosystem.
What is pyramid of numbers
500
major regional or global community of organisms (example - all the deer in all areas of the world)
What is biome
500
two categories of factors that make up an ecosystem
What is biotic and abiotic
500
herbivores are found in this trophic level
What is Primary
500
water vapors forming into clouds
What is condensation
500
How much energy is lost to the environment as heat at each trophic level
What is 90%