Levels of Biological Organization
The basic unit of life.
Cell
The nonliving component of an ecosystem.
Abiotic Factors
The main source of energy.
The sun
A community of living organisms interacting with non-living components in a specific environment?
Ecosystem
Example of abiotic factors.
light, water, air, soil
Groups of similar cells that perform a particular function.
Tissue
The living component of an ecosystem.
Biotic Factors.
The first order consumers.
Herbivores
Tthe pathway through which energy flows from producers to consumers and decomposers?
Food chain
Example of biotic factors.
plants and animals
Groups different populations that live together in a defined area.
Community
Organisms that make their own food.
Producers
First order consumer: fox, bird, grasshopper
grasshopper
The trophic level that has the most available energy in an energy pyramid.
The first trophic level (Producers).
Example of Herbivores
Groups of ecosystems that have the same climate
Biome
Organisms that feed on other organisms.
Consumers
Second order consumer: carrot, rabbit, fox
fox
The process that green plants use to convert solar energy into chemical energy.
Photosynthesis
Another term for consumers.
Heterotrophs
Part of the Earth in which life exists including land, water, air and atmosphere.
Biosphere
Organisms that feed on remains of dead organisms.
Decomposers
Organisms occupying the second trophic level?
herbivores
In the Rule of Energy Transfer, how many % of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next?
10%
Another term for producers.
Autotrophs