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It's Alive!!...
or nah (biotic vs. abiotic)
Energy Flow
Straight Up Vocab
Characteristics of Living Things
The Tough Stuff
100
ball, bicycle, tire, rope
What is an abiotic factor?
100
This trophic level is always at the bottom of the pyramid
What is producers or autotrophs?
100
This is another name for a producer
What is an autotroph?
100
True or False: All living things are made of cells
What is true?
100
This type of organism consumes carcasses of dead animals (ex: a vulture)
What is a scavenger?
200
flower, tiger, bacteria, mushroom
What is a biotic factor
200
This trophic level eats plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
200
This is another name for a consumer
What is a heterotroph?
200
Living things must respond to _______ in their environment
What is stimuli or stimulus?
200
After the primary consumer comes the __________ consumer in an ecological pyramid
What is secondary?
300
The sun
What is abiotic?
300
This much energy is transferred between trophic levels in an ecosystem
What is 10%?
300
Carnivores, Omnivores, Herbivores, and Decomposers: These are all types of ________________
What is heterotrophs?
300
All living things are made of ______
What are cells?
300
This rule explains that only 10% of energy is transferred between trophic levels
What is the 10% Rule?
400
Soil
What is abiotic and biotic?
400
90% of the energy in an ecosystem is lost as _____
What is heat?
400
A diagram that shows the energy flow between organisms in an ecosystem
What is a food web or food chain?
400
All living things have genetic materials also known as _ _ _
What is DNA?
400
Primary consumers always eat ___________
What is producers (autotrophs)?
500
True or False: Organisms need abiotic factors to survive
What is True?
500
All energy from living things comes from the ______
What is the sun?
500
Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms
What is a decomposer?
500
List at least 3 characteristics of living things
What is *Made of cells *Maintains homeostasis *React to stimuli *Acquire and use energy and materials *Produce waste *Reproduce *Evolve
500
These organisms feed on dead matter such as leaves, soil, etc. (ex: worms)
What is detritivores?