The study of interactions between organisms and the living and nonliving environment.
What is Ecology
100
Water, oxygen, soil, and sunlight are all examples _________ factors in an environment.
Abiotic
100
Name a producer that does not use photosynthesis to produce food.
Archaebacteria
100
What are the 4 biogeochemical cycles?
Water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous
200
Explain interdependance in an ecosystem. Give an example.
An organism's survival is dependant on it's interactions with all of the living and non-living elements in its environment.
Example: Plants produce oxygen. Without oxygen, many organisms could not live.
200
Humans can adjust to many differnt seasons and temperatures. This is an example of ____________.
Acclimation
200
Fungi, vultures, and some bacteria are organism that all remove waste from an ecosystem. They are examples of _______________.
detritivores
200
The process by which water evaporates from the leaves of plants is called?
Opossums and skunks can eat almost anything and adjust to a wide range of tempertures. These animals can be considered __________.
Generalists
300
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
A food web shows the feeding relationship between all of the organisms in an ecosystem. A food chain shows just one pathway of feeding relationships in a food web.
300
What are the two largest contributers to the carbon cycle?
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration
400
A group of zebras all living on the same plain in Africa would be considered a ____________.
population
400
Reptiles are cold blooded and need the sun and warm temperatures to regulate their body temperature. Their inability to regulate these internal conditions makes them ______________.
Conformers
400
What trophic level do producers belong to?
the first trophic level
400
What organisms convert nitrogen gas to nitrate?
Nitrogen fixing bacteria
500
All of the interacting organisms living in one area.
What is a Community
500
An organisms place in an ecosystem including it's ideal temperature range, what it eats, and what eats it can be considered its_____________.
Niche
500
Rabbits, cows, and deer are all primary consumers. What is another name for primary consumer?
Herbivore
500
What souce of phosphorous can be attributed to human land use? What human activity do you think introduces the most phophorous into the ecosystem?