Biosphere
The open oceans are
nutrient poor environments
animals that eat both producers and consumers
omnivores
important component of RNA and DNA
phosphorus
loss of water from a plant through its leaves
transpiration
lowest level of environmental complexity with living an non living factors
ecosystem
Animals that eat dead animals that were already killed
scavengers
non living
abiotic
eats both plants and animals
omnivore
The simplest grouping of more than 1 kind of organism in the biosphere
a community
animals get the nitrogen they need by
by consuming plants or other animals
biotic
living
feeds on plant and animal remains and other dead matter
detrivore
The model of feeding interactions among organisms in a community from producers to decompsers
food web
organisms need nutrients
carry out essential life functions
ecosystems that share similar similar climates
biome
eats only plants
herbivore
organizations of ecosystems
species make up populations, which make up communites
energy and nutrients move through living systems differently
energy flows in a one way direction and nutrients recycle
part of earth in which life exists including land, water, and air
biosphere
steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
food chain