Unit 2 Ecology Review

Type of succession that occurs after a forest fire

What is an example of a heterotroph?

Which is NOT an abiotic factor?

All organisms that live in a particular place together with their nonliving environment

What cycle is shown?

The branch of biology dealing with interactions among organisms and between their environment

Plants are examples of _________________.

The final part of any food chain is a --?

How are ALL autotrophs alike?

The competitive exclusion principle states:

What organisms are always at the base of an energy pyramid?

Matter cycles between the abiotic and biotic parts of an ecosystem

What animals eat both producers and consumers

Another name for an autotroph is a ____________

Humans and bears are considered to be _________ because they eat both plants & animals

Process that results in the development of a new ecosystem where there was not one before

What percent of energy gets passed on to the next trophic level?

Photoautotrophs use __ to produce food.

The first organisms to move into an ecosystem

Bacteria & fungi are examples of ________ they break down organic matter

The diagram below is an _________ ________ .

Kelp is an example of a ________ because they make their own food.

In the food web below the hawk is an _____ because it eats both grasshoppers & other organisms

In a food chain or web the arrow points

__________ are assemblages of different populations that live in a defined area

Organisms that rely on other organisms for energy & food supply are called _____________.

In the food web below what organism is the primary consumer?

Trees release water into the air during the process of

The combined portions of Earth in which all living things exist

What organism is most important in the nitrogen cycle?

What cycle is shown?

The energy that is NOT passed on to the next trophic level is

Groups of individuals that belong to the same species & live in the same area are ________

________ is the main energy source for life on Earth.

Plants are examples of _________________.

_______ ________ are the living components of an ecosystem.

The physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives & the way it uses them

A _________ is a group of organism so similar to one another they reproduce fertile offspring.

The term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a food web

The image shown below is a ____________ __________.

Rain falling from the sky is also known as

Difference between food web and biogeochemical cycle

An organism that DOES NOT need sunlight to live

Below is an example of a ____________ which eats other animals

A network of complex interactions among organisms:

________ _________: physical, or nonliving factor that shapes an ecosystem (ex.temperature)

Heterotrophs are also called _____ because they rely on other organisms for their food & energy