Table 1
What is Ecology
A study of interaction between organisms and their environments
Herbivores
What is a Autotroph?
organism that makes its own food
what is the study of life?
Biology
when liquid water becomes a gas it called?
Evaporation
What are the names of energy transfer?
Food chains
Food web
what are predators?
they hunt prey animals for food.
the amount of people in a population able to be supported by ecosystem is Called?
carry capacity
what % of energy is passed on for food web?
10%
All living things needs element to help them grow. what are they?
At least 4
Carbon-C
Oxygen- O
Nitrogen-N
Phosphorus-P
why are produces at the bottom?
They bring all the energy
Photosynthesis and chemosynthesis both create what for organisms that do them.
Food
a single nutrient that limits the growth of ecosystem based on availability is called?
Limiting Nutrient
What is the primary difference between a food chain and a food web?
A food chain shows a single pathway of energy flow, while a food web shows multiple interconnected pathways
What is the process called when water vapor cools and changes back into liquid droplets, forming clouds?
condensation
what is the ultimate source of energy?
sunlight
what is a Niche?
An organisms job or role in an ecosystem.
why does phosphorus matter to organisms?
it used in the backbone of DNA
What do we call the non-living components of an ecosystem, such as sunlight, water, and minerals?
abiotic factors
What is it called when water falls back to the Earth's surface from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail?
precipitation
what are tiny plant month called in the leaves?
Stomata
What term describes an organism that breaks down dead material and recycles nutrients back into the ecosystem?
decomposer
what is Symbiosis?
2 species lives closely together
What is an example of an organism that is both a primary and secondary consumer in a food web, and how does it function at these different levels?
a crow, which eats seeds (primary consumer) and insects or small animals (secondary consumer).
What term describes the movement of water across the Earth's surface, often leading to rivers and lakes?
surface runoff