Biology Chapter 3

This biome has high temperature and high humidity

Which biome has few or no trees, warm temperatures and moderate rainfall?

biotic factor in forest

An animal that preys on other animals is called a ....

These are organisms that make their own food.

Which is a biotic factor

What are autotrophs?

study of ecology

All the individual organisms of the same species form a:

A representation of the passage of energy from a producer to consumers is a

Which sequence would represent a plausible food chain?

This biome experiences warm, dry summers and cool, wet winters. Smallest biome-20% of all plant life

Moderate temperatures & rainfall. Four distinct seasons. Abundant wildlife. Oak, birch, maple.

dead plant and animal material

What factor affects a biome's climate?

Biome prone to fires, hot and dry, Drought common

Which of the following directly affects the climate?

lies in the biosphere

organism that feeds on and breaks down dead organisms

The biome that has warm temperatures year-round and widely spaced clumps of trees is the ____.

A visual representation of the levels of organisms through which energy flows in an ecosystem.

Is this Biotic, or Abiotic?

Which is benthic?

What is Biotic Factor

Which organism breaks down dead plant and animal material?

This is a BENTHIC organism.  Benthic must mean...

Which of the following factors affect the biotic vertical zones in a body of water

Is this Biotic, or Abiotic?

Which of the following shows a plausible food chain?

An animal that gets energy by eating only plants.

Biotic or abiotic?

Trees like hemlock, fir, and redwood dominate this biome characterized by cooler temperatures and moderate rainfall

a picture of the overlapping paths that energy takes in an ecosystem

Organism that makes its own food

all the nonliving factors in an ecosystem

Which is an example of competition?

Which biome has permanently frozen ground, with mosses and lichen

the position occupied by an organism on an ecological pyramid

Species Richness

An organism that cannot make its own food.

Pick the biotic factor.

area in an ecosystem where an organism lives

The total amount of living matter that an ecosystem can support is its

primary factors that define a particular climate

Biotic or abiotic?

Biodiversity is

Regions of the world that share the same biotic and abiotic factors are called...

Which biome has low annual precipitation and varying temperatures?

Competition is most likely to occur between which two organisms?

Role of an organism in its habitat

Name the relationship: 1 organism depends on a host but does the host harm

Name the relationship: 2 organisms share a habitat but have no direct effect on each other

An organism that eats both plants and animals.

Is this Biotic, or Abiotic?

correct order of ocean zones from shallow to deep