| What is Ecology? | Energy, Producers, and Consumers | Energy Flow in Ecosystems | Cycles of Matter | Chapter 3 |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Final Question | ||||
What is any LIVING part of an ecosystem.
What is any LIVING part of an ecosystem.
Biotic Factor
What is a population?
What is a population?
A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area.
What is ecology?
What is ecology?
The scientific study of the interactions between organisms and their physical environment
A group of different populations that live together in a defined area.
A group of different populations that live together in a defined area.
Community
A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms.
A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms.
Biome
What type of consumer eats only other animals?
What type of consumer eats only other animals?
Carnivore
What does a scavenger eat?
What does a scavenger eat?
The carcasses (leftovers) of other animals.
An ____________ eats both plants and animals.
An ____________ eats both plants and animals.
Omnivore
Carbon Dioxide, Water and Sunlight react to form Glucose(sugar) and Oxygen. What is this process called?
Carbon Dioxide, Water and Sunlight react to form Glucose(sugar) and Oxygen. What is this process called?
Photosynthesis
Primary Producer : Autotroph :: Consumer : ___________
Primary Producer : Autotroph :: Consumer : ___________
Heterotroph
Which direction does the arrow point in a food chain or food web?
Which direction does the arrow point in a food chain or food web?
Towards the organism that consumes or eats the other.
Who are the recyclers in a food chain or a food web?
Who are the recyclers in a food chain or a food web?
Decomposers and detritivores
What is a trophic level?
What is a trophic level?
Each step in a food chain or food web
The total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level is what?
The total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level is what?
Biomass
If you were to cause a disturbance in a food chain or food web, what would happen to that food chain or food web?
If you were to cause a disturbance in a food chain or food web, what would happen to that food chain or food web?
Parts of the food web or food chain would begin to die.
Biogeochemical cycles cover what three things?
Biogeochemical cycles cover what three things?
Life, Earth, and chemical cycles.
Nitrogen fixation is when nitrogen ______ is converted into nitrogen _____________
Nitrogen fixation is when nitrogen ______ is converted into nitrogen _____________
Gas; Compounds
What is denitrification?
What is denitrification?
Conversion of nitrogen compounds into nitrogen gas by bacteria.
A nutrient whose availability limits productivity is what?
A nutrient whose availability limits productivity is what?
A limiting nutrient
How do humans participate in biogeochemical cycles?
How do humans participate in biogeochemical cycles?
They are living things so they use biological processes, and through mining, burning fossil fuels, clearing land, farming, manufacturing, and more
What is an abiotic factor?
What is an abiotic factor?
A nonliving part of an ecosystem.
What is all the organisms that live in a place, together with their physical environment.
What is all the organisms that live in a place, together with their physical environment.
Ecosystem
An herbivore is a consumer that eats only what?
An herbivore is a consumer that eats only what?
Plants
What type of consumer chemically breaks down organic matter?
What type of consumer chemically breaks down organic matter?
Decomposer
How much energy is passed from one level to the next in a pyramid of energy?
How much energy is passed from one level to the next in a pyramid of energy?
10%
What are the five steps in the water cycle that we filled in on our worksheet?
What are the five steps in the water cycle that we filled in on our worksheet?
Precipitation, surface runoff, evaporation, condensation, and transpiration.
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
What Would You Like To Risk?
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Final Score:
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Review Game Info:
You must save this address to be able to find and share your game!