Ecosystems 1
An organism that eats meat
Carnivore
An organism that uses sunlight to create its food
producer
any animal that feeds mainly on plants; plant-eater
herbivore
What is evaporation?
Changing water to a gas in the water cycle.
an organism that hunts, kills, and eats other organisms
predator
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Many of the same species in an area is ...
Population
something that eats something else for food
Consumer
An organism that feeds on dead and decaying organisms
scavengers
Plants use this process to turn light into chemical energy
photosynthesis
In a food web the mushroom and bacteria are....
decomposers
the flow of energy from a producer to one or more consumers. (ie: linked together by their feeding relationships)
food chain
Main source of energy
Sun
Air, water, and the Sun are all ......
abiotic factors
Animals ____________ for food, water, territory, and shelter. Like you with your siblings, or sports teams.
Compete
Any living thing that feeds on the waste of dead bodies of other living things.
decomposer
bacteria, fungi, worms, ants, beetles, sow bugs
decomposers
Food chains that is interconnected/overlaps in a particular ecosystem like a spider web?
food web
At the bottom of the food pyramid, what are those organisms called
producers
What happens as you go up an ecological pyramid?
10% of energy transfer happens
Biomass decreases
an animal that is not originally meant to be in an ecosystem
Name two processes that help cycle matter in a food web.
Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration and Decomposition
On the pyramid what is the first organism that eats the producer(s) called?
primary consumers
symbiotic relationship
Living organisms in an ecosystem are called...
What is biotic?
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a consumer
An area that is suitable for a particular organism to live in and thrive is called....
habitat
All the different animal populations living in one place is called
Community
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Biodiversity
The very specific role that an organism plays in the ecosystem is called...
niche
As energy moves up the food pyramid toward the apex consumer, explain what happens to the amount of energy.
The energy is 1/10 as much for every trophic level you go up on a food pyramid.
A relationship where both organisms benefit.
Mutualism
An animal that eats plants or other animals and does not make its own food.
Consumer or omnivore.
Relationship between 2 organisms where one benefits and the other is harmed
parasitism
What date was Mr. Nordhus born on? Extra 100 points if you guess the correct year.
April 16th, 1973