Food Web
Food chains begin with a _______.
Producer OR Plant OR Autotroph
The first organism to inhabit an area after a disturbance is ______
pioneer species
relationship where both parties benefit
mutualism
Water returning to atmosphere as a vapor or gas as the sun warms a body of water is which stage of the water cycle?
evaporation
One living thing
organism
Another name for a primary consumer is _____.
herbivore OR consumer OR heterotroph
The type of succession that begins with bare rock
primary succession
mistletoe living in the top of an oak tree and stealing its nutrients is an example of ___
parasitism
Burning fossil fuels adds ________ to the atmosphere
carbon
a tadpole changing and growing into a frog is an example of which characteristic of life
grow and develop
The trophic level with the most biomass is _____.
producers
the type of succession that follows a disturbance such as deforestation or forest fire is
secondary succession
a fox chasing down a rabbit and killing and eating it
predator-prey OR predation
When clouds form in the atmosphere this is what stage of the water cycle?
condensation
all of the biotic (different population living together) as well as the abiotic factors too
ecosystem
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
A food chain is one feeding pattern and a food web is interconnected food chains.
Glacial retreat, sand erosion, and volcanic activity can lead to what type of succession?
primary succession
a lion and a hyena fighting over the same fresh kill is what kind of competition?
interspecific competition
Photosynthesis is a part of the carbon cycle by removing ____ from the atmosphere
carbon dioxide
List the Levels of Organization from smallest to greatest
Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biosphere
If the producers have 10,000 kcal of energy available, how much is AVAILABLE at the secondary consumer level?
100 kcal
Lichens are composed of which two organisms in a symbiotic relationship
fungus and algae
an organism that is so important to an ecosystem that without it, the ecosystem would collapse is called ____
keystone species
The products for photosynthesis are
glucose and oxygen
Name an example of homeostasis
sweating cools your body OR shivering warms your body OR insulin from your pancreas lowers your sugar