Food Webs
A producer in a food web is what type of organism?
Autotroph
What is the universal genetic code?
DNA
What is all life on Earth connected on?
Hint: We live on it
A biosphere
What is all life based on?
Carbon
What is the term for an organisms job in an ecosystem?
Niche
What do arrows in a food web represent?
Asexual reproduction
A letter is to a book as a cell is to an:
organism
What is an example of human activity that releases carbon into the ecosystem?
Drilling/Deforestation
What is the process by which some organisms can convert nitrogen gas into ammonia?
Nitrogen Fixation
What is the terminology for the third consumer in a food web?
Tertiary
What is an example of development that all humans go through? Normally occurs during their teen years.
Puberty
A lot of what create organ systems?
Organs
What is the process in which rocks get broken down?
Weathering/erosion
Where is phosphorus mainly found in?
Rocks/oceans
Quaternary
What is a signal to which an organism respons?
Biomes
What is CO and what is it known for?
Carbon Monoxide is know for being a tasteless, odorless gas.
What is it called when an ecosystem grows unhindered?
Exponential growth
What percentage of energy is transferred to a consumer in a food web?
10%
What is an organisms ability to maintain stable internal conditions?
Homeostasis
In which level of organization do both abiotic and biotic factors start to co-exist?
An ecosystem
What are the 4 types of precipitation?
Rain, Snow, Hail, Sleet
What occurs when an ecosystem receives an influx of a limiting nutrient, which causes the population to grow quickly?
An Algal Bloom