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Definitions
Definitions
Defintions
Defintions
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100
What is an abiotic factor?
What is a non-living factor in an ecosystem; light water and so on are important abiotic factors
100
What is a producer?
What is a plant; producers use the energy from the Sun to make their own food
100
What is respiration?
What is the chemical process by which an organism gets its energy from food
100
What is the nitrogen cycle?
What is the process by which the element nitrogen moves through the Earth system
100
Which of the following is NOT required for a plant to being photosynesis ? a.sugar b. carbon dioxide c. sunlight d. water
What is a. sugar
200
What is a biotic factor?
What is a factor in an ecosystem that is living; plants and animals are biotic factors
200
What is a consumer?
What is a living organism that eats other living organisms for its food needs
200
What is an ecosystem ?
What is all the living and nonliving things in a given region existing and interacting
200
What is old-field succession?
What is the process of a grassland gradually giving way to trees
200
Great horned owls and prairie falcons eat field mice that live on grass seeds. What explains the relationship between the two species?
What is mice and grasses are producers for the two predators
300
What is carbon cycle?
What is the process by which the element carbon moves through the Earth system
300
What is a decomposer?
What is a living organism that breaks down dead organisms into smaller parts that can be reused by other living organisms
300
What is a food web
What is the food relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem
300
What is an omnivore?
What is an animal that eats both plants and other animals
300
Which of the following is NOT involved in the nitrogen cycle? a.volcanoes b. bacteria c. legumes d. plants
What is a. volcanoes
400
What is a carnivore?
What is an animal that eats other animals
400
What is decomposition?
What is the process by which dead organisms break down into smaller parts that can be reused by other living organisms
400
What is a herbivore
What is an animal that eats plants
400
What is photosynthesis ?
What is the process by which plants make food in their chloroplasts from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide
400
What is an example of an abiotic factor affecting a biotic factor?
What is runoff carries nitrogen compounds into a lake causing algae to grow
500
What is a community?
What is all the species living in an particular area
500
What is ecology?
What is the study of natural environment systems
500
What is lake succession ?
What is the process of a lake gradually filling up with sediments
500
What is population ?
What is a group of the same species that come together to live in one area?
500
What is the correct order of the organisms from producers to highest-level consumers? out of mouse, hawk,human and grass
What is grass, mouse, hawk, human