Energy Transfer
The source of energy that fuels most of life on Earth.
A term used to describe the conversion of liquid water into vapor.
What is evaporation?
The simplest diagram a scientist can use to show how organisms feed.
What is a food chain?
This type of succession starts from bare rock, and is a longer process.
What is primary succession?
This is a distinct area that has formed as a result of the regional climate. The description can include animals, plants, weather, and other similar defining features.
What is a biome?
The process performed by plants the converts the sun's light energy into chemical energy.
What is photosynthesis?
A term used to describe how water gets back to Earth.
What is precipitation?
What is a food web?
This type of succession starts in an area that has already had life, and usually is a quicker process.
What is secondary succession?
This area can be described by it's hot, humid climate and it's vast biodiversity.
What is the rainforest?
These are organisms that can create their own food using the sun's energy.
Bacteria are able to turn nitrogen in the atmosphere into a usable nutrient through this process.
What is nitrogen fixation?
This ecological principle states that only a portion of the energy an organism obtains from feeding will be passed on to the next trophic level.
What is the 10% rule?
These species are the first inhabitants of a new area that is undergoing succession.
What is a pioneer species?
This area is known for it's lack of vegetation and cold temperatures.
What is the tundra?
There are organisms that must eat other organisms to survive.
What are heterotrophs?
Members from this part of the food chain take carbon dioxide in the air and use it to make food during a process called "photosynthesis".
What are producers?
As energy is transferred up the food chain, animals use the energy they have obtained. Scientist say that the energy used is....
What is "lost as heat"?
After hundreds or thousands of years of succession, and environment will become a stable and efficient ecosystem, otherwise known as a...
What is a climax community?
This biome is known for it's dry heat.Organisms that live here include scorpions, coyotes, and cacti.
What is the desert?
The snake shown in this picture is an example of...
What is a tertiary consumer?
While CO2 is necessary for life on Earth, too much of it can cause this detrimental effect to our environment.
In a 5 link food chain, the top/apex predator is also known as...
What is quaternary consumer?
Seeds being present in the soil contribute to the fast rate at which this type of succession occurs.
This is the name of the biome that our state falls under.
What is a deciduous forest?