Chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems
What is a abiotic Factor
100
Any Living thing in an ecosystem
What is an Organism
100
a close and often long-term interaction between two different biological species
What is Symbiosis
100
the variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat, a high level of which is usually considered to be important and desirable
What is Biodiversity
200
The percentage of energy transfered from primary consumers
What is 10%
200
all living things and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region
What is an Ecosystem
200
organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms
What is a Decomposer
200
live inside organisms and feed on the nutrients of the food they eat
What is a Parasite
200
the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water, and other necessities available in the environment
What is Carrying Capacity
300
Occupy The 1st Trophic Level
What are Producers
300
a rabbit that eats grass
What is a Primary Consumer
300
a summation of all the organisms of the same group or species
What is population
300
any living component that affects the population of another organism, or the environment
What is Biotic Factor
300
a linear network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms and ending at apex predator species
What is a food chain
400
The Three Factors that decrease with increasing trophic level
What is Biomass, Population Numbers, Energy
400
Multiple Interconnected Food Chains
What is a Food Web
400
There are generally only 5 of these in a energy pyramid
What is Trophic Levels
400
A Cow and a Cow Bird
What is Commensalism
400
the natural interconnection of food chains and generally a graphical representation of what-eats-what in an ecological community
What is a Food Web
500
four ways in which humans have adversely affected natural ecosystems
What is;
• Introducing new species
• Mining
• Habitat destruction
• Pollution
• Reducing biodiversity
• Extinctions
500
The Animal at the Top of the Food Web
What is a Top Consumer / Apex Predator
500
As Trophic Level increases This Decreases
What is Biomass
500
two organisms of different species exist in a relationship in which each individual benefits from the activity of the other