Levels of Organization
What term refers to any living thing?
Organism
Which chemical equation, utilized by plants, converts light energy from the sun into glucose
Photosynthesis
Biodiversity
What term refers to an Organism that makes its own food through Photosynthesis
Producer
What is the name of the model that shows a single path of energy through an ecosystem?
Food Chain
What term refers to a group of the same species living in an area?
Population
All energy in an ecosystem and in a living thing originated from __________
The Sun
What term refers to the living parts of an ecosystem that can influence other organisms?
Biotic Factor
What term refers to an organism that eats another organism to survive?
Consumer
What term refers to when organisms vie for the same resources, such as food, water, shelter, or sunlight?
Competition
What term refers to all the populations of different species that live and interact in the same area
Community
What chemical reaction breaks apart the molecules in glucose to make energy?
Cellular Respiration
What term refers to a non-living part of an ecosystem that can influence living organisms?
Abiotic Factor
What term refers to an organism that breaks down dead plants and animals, as well as waste products, into simpler substances?
Decomposer
Overlapping food chains create a model known as what?
Food Webs
This term refers to a community of living organisms interacting with each other and their non-living environment
Ecosystem
Cellular Respiration occurs in all ________ things
Living
What term refers to the branch of biology that studies how living things interact with each other and their environment
Ecology
What term refers to an animal that hunts and eats other animals for food
Predator
T or F: Energy in an ecosystem is recycled over and over again as it goes through producers, consumers, and decomposers?
True
This term refers to groups of similar ecosystems that are all around the world
Biomes
What is the scientific name for energy in our bodies?
ATP
What term refers to the natural environment where a plant, animal, or other organism lives and grows
Habitat
An organism that has an unusually large impact on its ecosystem is known as a ___________ species
Keystone
Arrows in a food web show the direction of ___________
Flow of Energy