Definitions
10 percent rule
Photosynthesis
Food Webs
Symbiosis
100
Animals that depend on each other for food.
What is a food chain?
100
When energy is passed in an ecosystem from one tropic level to the next only _________ of the energy will be passed on.
What does the 10 percent rule mean?
100
6CO2+6H2O+C6H12O6+6O2
What is the formula for photosynthesis?
100
an organism that breaks down dead matter into usable nutrients is ____________.
What is a decomposer?
100
Bees fly from flower to flower gathering nectar, which they make into food, benefiting the bees.
What is an example of mutualism?
200
A series of organisms related by predator, prey, and consumer interactions.
What is a food web?
200
It is the position of an organism in a food chain.
what is the tropic level in an energy pyramid?
200
Radiant energy is another name for ________________.
What is another name for light energy?
200
An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms is ___________.
What is a consumer?
200
Beneficial to one but the other one is harmed.
What is commensalism?
300
It is where both benefit.
What is Mutualism?
300
It shows the feeding levels of organisms in an ecosystem.
What does the energy pyramid show in a food chain?
300
Light energy
Where is the energy used in photosynthesis obtained?
300
A system of multiple food chains that traces the flow of energy is ___________.
What is a food web?
300
Aphids are insects that eat the sap from the plants on which they live.
What is an example of parasitism?
400
One benefits and one is harmed.
What is Parasitism?
400
It starts with the sun followed by the tropic levels producers at the bottom, herbivores at the next level up,then omnivores, and then carnivores.
What do all energy pyramids start with and end with?
400
Carbon dioxide and water
What are the reactants for photosynthesis?
400
An organism that eats other organisms to live.
What is a predator?
400
Tapeworms are segmented flatworms that attach themselves into an organism.
What is an example of parasitism?
500
One benefits and one stays the same.
What is Commensalism?
500
During the transfer of organic food from one tropic level to the next only about ________ is stored as flesh?
What is the 10 percent law?
500
sugar and oxygen
What are the end products for photosynthesis?
500
Organisms that create their own food from sunlight and water is _______________.
What is a primary producer?
500
Relationship is that of the oxpecker and the rhinoceros or zebra.
What is an example of mutualism?