Ecology Riddles

Question 1

I am filled with trees which drop their leaves every year. What am I?

Accepted Answer

dedidous forest

Question 2

I become upset or disrupted due to changes in Earths cycles that affect balance in a ecosystem.

Accepted Answer

equilibrium

Question 3

I am an animal's special home in an ecosystem. What am I?

Accepted Answer

habitat

Question 4

I am a series of overlapping food chains. What am I?

Accepted Answer

food web

Question 5

I am used to speed the growth of crops, but can leach into soil and pollute groundwater.

Accepted Answer

fertilizer

Question 6

I am used to organize information and demonstrate how energy flows from one organism to another

Accepted Answer

energy pyramid

Question 7

I am made up of different habitats and may be a swamp forest savanna or another type. What am I

Accepted Answer

ecosystem

Question 8

I come from the Greek word oikos the Greek suffix ology and am the study of living households

Accepted Answer

ecology

Question 9

I receive the least amount of energy but use the most. I am at the top of the energy pyramid.

Accepted Answer

carnivore

Question 10

I am the lowest trophic tier of the energy pyramid. What am I?

Accepted Answer

producers, plants

Question 11

I am made up of grass clippings, food waste, and old leaves. What am I?

Accepted Answer

compost

Question 12

I am the process by which the sun's energy changes water and carbon dioxide into food.

Accepted Answer

photosynthesis

Questions 12