Ecology review

study of the relationships among living organisms & their interactions with their environments

living things

organisms live closely together and benefit from each other

what do organism need to sustain life and undergo life processes?

get energy by consuming others

one organism benefits & the other organism is not harmed

evaporation, condensation, transpiration

Which is not a type of symbiosis?

scientist that studies ecology

autotroph

when more than one organism uses a resource at the same time

air, water, soil, sun, rainfall, rocks, temperature

which organism captures atmospheric nitrogen for the process of nitrogen fixation?

anything that takes up space and has mass

the total mass of living matter at each trophic level

process that is the reverse of photosynthesis

detritivores

Law of conservation of mass

animal urine and decomposition of dead animals

each step in a food chain

eat only meat

organisms recycle what back into the air during respiration?

area where an organism lives

organism that pursues another organism

rain, snow, sleet

Which of the following is not a biotic factor

which is an example of an autotroph?

one organism benefits at the expense of another organism

all living things are composed of?

model representing interconnected food chains and how energy flows through a group of organisms

What cycle is pictured?

which is not a level of organization?

which is not a phase of water

Which is not a carnivore?

eat both plants and animals

herbivore

close relationship that exists when 2 or more species live together

the first level in a food chain are what?

herbivores, carnivores, omnivores,& detritivores

which is not a omnivore?

which one is a herbivore?

organism that is pursued

biosphere

example of an detritivore

what are biomes?

the exchange of matter through the biosphere