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ORGANISMS
ECOSYSTEM
FACTORS AFFECTING ECOSYSTEMS
VOCABULARY
WILD CARD
100

THE NAME OF AN ORGANISM THAT MAKES IT'S OWN FOOD

What is PRODUCER

100

This factor decides the number of producers in the area, hence the complexity of the Ecosystem.

What is RAINFALL

100

THIS ENERGY TRANSFER CAN BE SHOW USING THIS PYRAMIDS

What is Trophic Levels?

100
THIS IS A LARGE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA WITH SIMILAR CLIMATE, PLANTS, ANIMALS AND ORGANISMS
What is AN ECOSYSTEM?
100
THE ENERGY TO FEED ALL ORGANISMS BEGIN WITH THIS ENERGY SOURCE
What is THE SUN?
200
THIS TYPE OF CONSUMER IS THE LAST TO EAT IN A FOOD CHAIN
What is A TERTIARY CONSUMER
200

This is transferred through food

What is ENERGY ?

200

This is transferred in the ecosystem in biotic and abiotic factors as compounds.

What is Carbon?

200
THE PLACE WHERE AN ORGANISM LIVES
What is A HABITAT?
200
ALL FOOD CHAINS BEGIN WITH THIS ORGANISM?
What is A PRODUCER
300
THIS TYPE OF ORGANISM BREAKS DOWN ORGANIC MATTER
What is DECOMPOSER
300
THE ARROWS IN A FOOD WEB SHOW THIS IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE OF LIFE
What is ENERGY FLOW
300

Too many of one kind of organisms create this.

What is COMPETITION?

300

A group of things that work together for a common purpose

What is A SYSTEM?

300
THIS ORGANISM THAT EATS BOTH ANIMALS AND PLANTS
What is AN OMNIVORE?
400
THIS TYPE OF CONSUMER EATS ONLY PLANTS
What is PRIMARY CONSUMER OR HERBIVORE
400
THE PERCENTAGE OF ENERGY LOST AT EACH TROPHIC LEVEL
What is 90%
400

To move through a series of steps and then repeat

What is A CYCLE?

400
ALL THE FOOD CHAINS IN A COMMUNITY THAT ARE LINKED TOGETHER
What is A FOOD WEB
400
ECOSYSTEMS ARE SHAPED BY THESE TWO FACTORS
What is BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC
500
THIS TYPE OF ORGANISM CANNOT MAKE ITS OWN FOOD
What is A CONSUMER?
500

THIS RULE OF TRANSFER STATES THAT THE NEXT TROPHIC LEVEL UP ONLY HOLDS THIS NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE

What is 10% RULE

500

An organism that comes from outside of the ecosystem and takes over the entire ecosystem

What is INVASIVE SPECIES?

500

This helps keep an ecosystem stable.

What is MULTIPLE FOOD SOURCES?

500

THE LOSS OF ENERGY IS DUE TO THESE 4 REASONS

What is maintaining body temperature, growing, internal processes, and reproduction.