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100
a nonliving factor in an ecosystem
What is abiotic factor
100
a living factor in an ecosystem
What is biotic factor
100
the process by which the element carbon moves through the Earth's system
What is carbon cycle
100
an animal that eats other animals
What is carnivore.
100
Which of the following is not involved in the nitrogen cycle
What is A. volcanoes
200
all of the species living in a particular area
What is community
200
a living organism that eats other living organisms for food.
What is consumer
200
a living organism that breaks down dead organisms into smaller parts that can be reused by other living organisms
What is decomposer.
200
the process by which dead organisms break down into smaller parts that can be reused by other living organisms
What is decomposition
200
Which of the following is not required for a plant to begin photosynthesis
What is A. sugar
300
the study of natural environment systems
What is ecology
300
all of the nonliving and living things in a given region existing and interacting
What is ecosystem
300
the food relationship among various organisms in an ecosystem
What is food web
300
an animal that eats plants
What is herbivore
300
Great horned owls and prairie falcons eat field mice that live on grass seed. Which of the following explains the relationship between these species?
What is D, there are two producers, one herbivore, and one producer
400
the process of a lake gradually filling up with sediments
What is lake succession
400
the process by which the element nitrogen moves through the Earth's system
What is nitrogen cycle
400
the process of a grassland gradually giving away to trees
What is old field succession
400
an organism that eats both plants and animals
What is omnivore
400
Which of the following is an example of an abiotic factor affecting a biotic factor?
What is C, runoff carries nitrogen compounds into a lake, causing algae to grow
500
the process by which plants make food in their chloroplasts from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide
What is photosynthesis
500
a group of the same species that come together to live in one area.
What is population
500
a plant
What is producer
500
the chemical process by which an organism gets its energy from food
What is respiration
500
Which of the following orders the organisms from producer to highest level consumer?
What is grass-mouse-hawk-human