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Energy Pyramid
The Water Cycle
100

Eco- (as in ecosystem)

Environment or Habitat

100

-ation (as it evaporation)

Action or Process of

100

Ecology

Eco- Environment

Ology- Study of 

Study of the Environment 

 


100
Where do autotrophs get their energy from?

The sun

100

What is the process of water water falling from the atmosphere called?

precipitation 

200

Bio- (As in Biology)

Life or Living things

200

-ology (as in ecology)

Study of

200

Photosynthesis

Photo- Light

Synthesis- to make

The process of making energy out of light

200
Give an example of an autotroph

A flower

200

What is the process of water transforming into water vapor called?

Evaporation 

300

Photo- (As in Photosynthesis)

Related to Light

300

-troph (as in autotroph)

Related to food

300

Autotroph

Auto- self

Troph- food/nutrients

Animals that make their own food/energy/ nutrients (i.e., Plants)

300

What is a primary consumer and what is one example?

A herbivore 

A bunny

300

What is the process of plants releasing water into the atmosphere through their leaves called? 

transpiration 

400

Auto- (as in autotroph)

Self

400

-Vores (as in carnivores)

To consume

400

Carnivore

Carn- Meat

Vore- to eat

Carnivore- Animals that eat meat

400

What is a secondary consumer and give an example

A carnivore

A snake

400

What is the process where water goes from a gas to a liquid state in the atmosphere 

Condensation
500

Hetero- (as in heterotroph)

Different

500

-Synthesis (as in photosynthesis

To make

500

Transpiration 

Trans- across

Ation- process of 

The process of water moving through the atmosphere

500

What is a tertiary consumer and what is an example?

An apex predator

A lion

500

What is the process of water collecting in bodies of water called? 

accumulation