Vocab Trophic Food Cycles Pop. Surprise Misc.
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What is a group of organisms
of different species living
together in a particular place
called?
COMMUNITY
Another name for a producer.
Autotroph
What does an ecosystem
consist of?
All living things in a certain area
as well as their physical
environment
Give an example of a
decomposer and what it does.
Fungi or bacteria: It’s a consumer
that gets its food from breaking
down dead organisms.
List three abiotic factors
Soil
2. Water
3. Weather
1.
Give an example of a
relationship between a
producer and a consumer.
Deer Eating Grass
Plants : Producers
as
Horses : __________
Plants : Producers
as
Horses : Consumers
What trophic levels are
animals in that feed on
plants?
Second, Third, or Fourth
How much energy is passed on
to the next trophic level?
10%
Does the energy decrease or
increase when you are moving
from one trophic level to the next
higher trophic level?
Decrease
Algae and plants are in what
trophic level? What are they
called?
First trophic level
producers
What happens to an
organisms nutrients when it
dies?
The nutrients
are released
by
decomposers
Daily Double
What is the difference
between food chain and
food web?
Food chains: show how much matter
and energy move through an
ecosystem.
Food Webs: are models that express all
possible feeding relationships at each
tropic level in a community.
What is the process called
when plants make their own
food?
Photosynthesis
Looking at the food chain what
trophic level is the penguin in?
Algae → Krill → penguin
Third Trophic level
What is the ultimate fate of
all energy?
To be lost as heat
What is the ultimate source of
all energy?
SUN
What is transpiration?
It’s when the trees
sweat- liquid changing
from a liquid to a gas.
Matter is constantly
being _________?
Recycled
Is water, nitrogen, and carbon
required by all living things to
survive?
Yes
What does it mean when a
population has reached
their carrying capacity?
It’s the number of organisms of
one species that an
environment can support
Give an example of a
mutualistic relationship
Ant and Tree
the ant provides protection
and the tree provide food
and shelter.
Give an example of
qualitative data
Any description with words.
Mrs. Harding has brown hair.
What is an example of a
commensalistic relationship?
Falcon and Geese
What’s an example of
parasitism?
Ticks and Dogs
Ecology is the study of
what?
Relationships between living
things and their environment.
What are three types of
symbiotic relationships?
Mutualism
2. Parasitism
3. Commensalism
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What organism receives energy
from every other type of
organism?
Decomposers
Starting at the base of the
pyramid do the numbers
decrease or increase as it goes
up to the next higher trophic
level?
Decrease
True or False
Energy is recyclable
FALSE
What does biomass mean?
It’s the total dry weight of the
organisms in an ecosystem.
Commensalism : one organism
Mutualism : _____ _________
Commensalism : one organism
Mutualism : both organisms
What is a niche?
The role and position a species has in
its environment-how it meets its
needs for food, shelter, how it
survives, and how it reproduces.
Does it matter what their genetic
make up is? NO
What happens when
two niches over lap?
The organisms may
have to compete
directly.
A single factor that limits the
growth, abundance, or distribution
of a population is?
Limiting factor