Ecology Overview
The study of interactions in an ecosystem is called....
Ecology
The transfer of energy (as food) from organism to organism
Food Chain
The variety of all living things and the systems that connect them...
Biodiversity
List the three limiting factors in ecosystems
Food, Water, Shelter/Space
Give an example of an ecosystem
Prairie, forest, marine, desert, mountain, rainforest, etc.
In this symbiotic relationship, both species benefit
mutualistic relationship/mutualism
The natural interconnection of food chains in an ecosystem
Food web
True or False: Biodiversity helps ecosystems build healthy soil
Give an example of an ABIOTIC factor in an ecosystem
Rocks, wind, sun, rain, water, temperature, etc.
What does the term Biotic mean?
Living
What is the largest level of organization of ecosystems?
Biosphere, Planet Earth
List the three main trophic types
Producers, consumers, decomposers
True or False: More biodiversity = a unhealthy planet
More biodiversity = a healthier planet
If a ecosystem introduces a new predator in the secondary consumer level, what populations will decrease?
Primary consumers
These types of animals eat both plants and other animals
Omnivores
In this symbiotic relationship, one species benefits and the other is harmed
Parasitic relationship/parasitism
These organisms make their own food, usually through photosynthesis
Producers
True or false: Biodiversity helps ecosystems produce oxygen
True
Carrying Capacity
Light reaction
Photosynthesis
What is the smallest level of organization in ecology?
Organism
Primary consumer, secondary consumer, ________ consumer.
tertiary consumer
What has more biodiversity a food web or chain?
Food web
The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
Habitat
What turns sugar into usable energy
Cellular respiration