Food Web/ Food Chain
The name for an organism that makes its own food using sunlight.
What is a producer?
All living and nonliving things that interact in one area form this.
What is an ecosystem?
A relationship where both organisms benefit.
What is mutualism?
This gas makes up about 78% of Earth’s atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
The gas that plants take in during photosynthesis.
What is carbon dioxide (CO₂)
An animal that only eats plants.
What is an herbivore?
These organisms in an ecosystem include plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria
What are biotic factors?
A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
What is commensalism?
The partnership between plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria is an example of this type of symbiosis.
What is mutualism?
The process where living things release carbon dioxide back into the air.
What is respiration?
Only about this percentage of energy is passed from one trophic level to the next.
What is 10%?
The nonliving parts of an ecosystem such as sunlight, soil, water, and air.
What are abiotic factors?
A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed.
What is parasitism?
The step where decomposers break down dead organisms and waste into ammonia.
What is ammonification?
The continuous movement of carbon through Earth's spheres.
What is the carbon cycle?
The original source of energy for almost all food webs.
What is the sun
This biome is hot, receives very little rainfall, and is home to cacti and camels.
What is the desert biome?
The general term for any close, long-term interaction between two species.
What is symbiosis?
The process where bacteria convert nitrates back into nitrogen gas.
What is denitrification?
When organisms die, decomposers release carbon through this process.
What is decomposition?
In the energy pyramid 90% of energy is lost, what is the energy lost as?
What is Heat
This cold, treeless biome is known for permafrost.
What is the tundra?
Remora fish attach to sharks and eat leftover scraps; the shark isn’t affected.
What is commensalism?
The process in which bacteria convert ammonia into nitrites and nitrates.
What is nitrification?
Carbon in living organisms eventually enters the atmosphere through this gas.
What is carbon dioxide?