Definition and Components
Non-living
What is "abiotic"?
The least common type of ecosystem
What is a "freshwater ecosystem"?
The most common type of ecosystem
What is a "marine ecosystem"?
This affects the composition of an ecosystem
What are "disturbances" or "changes in the environment"?
Foundation species are often this quantity
What is "abundant"?
Organisms
What is "biotic"?
A large-scale community of organisms
What is a "biome"?
One of the ecosystems in freshwater ecosystems
What is a "lake", "river", "stream" or "spring"?
The ability of an ecosystem to remain at equilibrium in spite of disturbances
What is "resistance"?
The foundation species of an ecosystem are considered this (the greatest influence on its overall structure)
What is the "base" or "bedrock"?
A community of organisms and their abiotic environment
What is an "ecosystem"?
Freshwater and marine ecosystems are found in this biome
What is an "aquatic biome"?
The ecosystems grouped into biomes
What are "terrestrial ecosystems"?
The steady state of an ecosystem where all organisms are in balance with their environment and with each other
What is "equilibrium"?
Foundation species are often this in a food web
What is a "primary producer"?
Animals, plants and fungi/decomposers are all examples of this in an ecosystem
What is "organisms" or "biotic components"?
Ecosystems so deep that light is unable to reach them (marine ecosystem)
What is a "deep ocean bottom ecosystem"?
One of the biomes in a terrestrial ecosystem?
What is a "tropical rainforest", "savanna", "desert", "grassland", "temperate forest" or "tundra"?
Most of disturbances in the environments are a result of this
What are "natural processes" or "human activities"?
What is "kelp" or "coral"?
Rocks, water and air are all examples of this in an ecosystem
What is "abiotic components" or "environment"?
A small photosynthetic organism suspended in ocean waters that performs 40 percent of all photosynthesis on Earth (marine ecosystem)
What is "phytoplankton"?
An extremely biodiverse marine ecosystem
What is "coral reef"?
The speed at which an ecosystem recovers equilibrium after being disturbed
What is "resilience"?
Tie Breaker
The ecosystem coral is the foundation species of
What is "coral reef ecosystem"?