levels of organization
The lowest level of organization
What is Organism?
organisms at each level get energy from the trophic level below them
what is a food web
Water cycle:
states that water is not created nor destroyed
What is the Law of Conservation?
this is essential for the growth and development of organisms
What is Phosphorus?
living organisms like trees, birds, insects, and animals
What are Abiotic Factors?
a biological community and of all the abiotic factors
What is ecosystem?
also known as consumers, they are organisms that get its energy by consuming other organisms
what is a heterotroph
important components of the Carbon and Oxygen cycle are what?
What is photosynthesis and cellular respiration?
conversion of nitrogen into a form that is useable by plants is called what?
What is Nitrogen Fixation?
What is Parasitism?
organisms that share the same geographic location
what is population?
the foundation of all ecosystems because they make energy available for all other organisms
what is autotroph
when carbon and oxygen combine in a long term cycle, it forms what?
What is Calcium Carbonate (chalk)?
nitrifying bacteria and denitrifying bacteria are found where?
What is Underground?
the scientific discipline in which the relationships among living organisms and the interaction the organisms have with their environments are studied.
What is Ecology?
a group of interaction populations that occupy the same area
what is biological community
a wolf is what kind of consumer?
What is a Tertiary Consumer?
when organic matter is buried under ground it can be converted into what?
What are fossil fuels, oil, and gas?
when there is too much phosphorus, these can happen
What are Algae Blooms?
eats fragments of dead matter in an ecosystem, returning the nutrients to soil air and water
What is a Detrivore?
a large group of ecosystems that share the same climate and have similar communities
what is biome?
Name all 5 trophic levels in order.
Producers, Primary Consumers, Secondary Consumers, Tertiary Consumers, Apex Predators.
Water cycle:
90% of water vapor evaporates from oceans, lakes, and rivers. The other 10% comes from what?
What are Plants?
a process in which bacteria converts fixed nitrogen back into nitrogen gas is called what?
What is Denitrification?
name the three types of symbiotic relationships