Energy in Ecosystems
Described as a single pathway displaying the flow of energy and nutrients from organism to organism.
What is a Food Chain
The liquid, gas, and solid form of fossil fuels
What are oil, natural gas and coal
The layer of the Earth that includes living organisms.
What is the biosphere
What is the Earth's main source of energy
What is the sun
What do fossil fuels release when burned
What is carbon dioxide
Described as multiple pathways displaying the flow of energy and nutrients from organism to organism.
What is a Food Web
This is formed over 300-400 million years from the decaying remains of ancient plants.
What is Coal
The sphere that contains water in all its forms
What is the hydrosphere
Heat transfer by direct contact
What is conduction
Which cycle is affected by human use of fertilizers?
What is the nitrogen cycle?
These organisms are able to make their own food. (2 answers)
What are Producers or Autotrophs
These are formed over 400-500 million years from the decaying remains of ancient plants and animals under intense heat and pressure(2 answers)
What are oil and natural gas
Includes glaciers, permafrost and ice caps
What is the cryosphere
Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer.
What is convection
What are the carbon, nitrogen, hydrologic (water), phosphorus and sulfur cycles
In an energy pyramid, each trophic level has this percentage of the previous level's energy........
What is 10%
One way fossil fuel use contribute to climate change.
What is release carbon dioxide (greenhouse gases) when burned
The mostly solid rocky part of Earth that is made up of three layers. The crust, the mantle, and the core.
What is the geosphere
energy transfer that requires no contact and can travel through space by waves
What is radiation
What is the process in the water cycle where water enters the atmosphere by evaporating from the leaves of plants
What is transpiration
Aside from metabolic processes, energy can be lost in the form of.........
What is heat
Energy sinks for ____________ are found above oil deposits
What is natural gas
The 5 layers of the atmosphere from top to bottom
What is the exosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere & troposphere
How does heat travel: from the _________ object to the _________ object.
What is from the warmer object to the cooler object.
Which cycle does not have an atmospheric (gaseous) component)
What is the phosphorus cycle