Biomes
Vocabulary
Food Webs
100

A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms. 

What is a biome?

100

What is a group of organisms that are the same species?

What is a population?

100

What are the organisms at the bottom of a food web considered? 

What are the producers?

200

Name one of the two major aquatic ecosystem biomes. 

What is marine?

What is freshwater?

200

What is a model that shows the transformation of energy through each trophic level?

What is a food chain?

200

This percentage of energy is lost when going up the food web. 

What is 90%?

300

What biome makes up the Northeastern United States?

What is a Temperate deciduous forest?

300
A general name for organisms like animals and fungi that get their energy from eating other animals.
What are consumers?
300

These organisms are usually towards the top of a food chain or web. These are _______ consumers. 

What is tertiary? 

400

Which biome gets the most precipitation each year?

What is the tropical rainforest biome?

400

What is any abiotic or biotic factor that restricts the population size and reproduction rate for organisms?

What is a limiting factor?

400

True or false? Decay Detrivores (decomposers) are heterotrophs.

What is true?
500

Which biome stretches across the greatest surface area in the world?

What is the taiga?

500

What is the relationship between species where they compete for the same resources, such as food?

What is competition?

500

An organism at the second trophic level would be considered a...

What is a herbivore?