shows energy flowing from producer to herbivore to carnivore
What is food chain
100
Matter is or is not recycled?
What is Matter is recycled
100
carbon in the air around us exists in what form
What is Carbon Dioxide
100
lichens are replaced until a stable _______________ is formed
What is Climax Community
200
when energy flows through the ecosystem it is or is not recyled?
What is NOT recycled
200
this shows groups for food chains
What is Food Web
200
how does water move from clouds to ground?
What is precipitation
200
what organism can take carbon out of the air and what is this process called?
What is plants and photosynthesis
200
The type of climax community that forms depends on what 2 factors
What is temperature and rainfall
300
How do New Sources of Energy come through the Ecosystem?
What is Sun Light
300
what is lost as we move up the energy pyramid
What is enrgy is lost as heat
300
How does water move from ground to clouds
What is evaporation
300
what three ways can carbon return to the air
What is
humans breath
bacteria and decomposers
combustion and fossil fuels
300
what is the difference bewteen renewable and nonrenewable
What is
renewable - renews quick (sun)
nonrenewable - renews slow (fuel oil)
400
What type of organism can convert sunlight into food?
What is Plants
400
ecologist estimate the ________%_ energy is lost as we move up to a new trophic level
What is 90%
400
what are us and all living organisms made of?
What is water
400
what groups break down nitrogen and return it to the air
What is decomposers and bacteria
400
CFC - cause and problem
excess CO2
Agricultural runoff
Deforestation
What is hair spray and problem break ozone layer
-burning fossil fuel - effect global warming
fertilizer in water - causes damage
cut down trees - animals go extint
500
#1this organism obtains energy by eating others
#2 this organism gets energy decomposing other organisms
What is #1 Consumer
#2 Decomposer
500
the largest number of groups in the ecosystem is_______
What is producers
500
everything we eat and our body is built from this element?
What is Carbon
500
what brand new organisms will form if there is a brand new land form?