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Ecology Part 1 (Baumann)

Quiz by Cynthia Baumann

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total mass of organisms in a given area or volume of an ecosystem; Organic, renewable matter that has stored sunlight that can be used as fuel .
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energy pyramid
biodiversity
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biomass

20 questions

Q.total mass of organisms in a given area or volume of an ecosystem; Organic, renewable matter that has stored sunlight that can be used as fuel .
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Q.group of organisms of the same species who live in the same area at the same time.
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Q.group of different populations living and interacting with each other in an area. A pond community contains populations of frogs, turtles, water lilies, dragon flies and fish.
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Q.community and its abiotic environment.
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Q.study of relationships between living organisms and between organisms and their environment.
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Q.diagram showing feeding relationships of some of a community, with arrows showing direction of the energy flow (many connected food chains)
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30 sec
Q.level of an organism or its position in the food chain or energy pyramid, based on what it eats and what eats it.
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Q.one organism kills another for food. Predator eats prey.
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Q.organism that is able to make its own food through photosynthesis, "primary producer"; plant (opposite of heterotroph).
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Q.organism that can NOT make its own food- it obtains energy by feeding on autotrophs or other heterotrophs. Also called "consumer".
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30 sec
Q.organism that lives on decaying organic material from which it obtains energy and nutrients. Causes rot. Examples are fungi, bacteria, insect, worms
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Q.organism designed to digest both plants and animals. Humans, pigs, bears are examples.
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Q.region in which all living things are found on Earth
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Q.largest ecosystems with plants and animals specifically adapted to its environment, based on temperature and precipitation
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30 sec
Q.non-living physical parts of the ecosystem such as salt, temperature, water, wind speed, sunlight, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, etc.
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30 sec
Q.living parts of the ecosystem and the organic matter they produce: predators, prey, plants, wastes
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30 sec
Q.greater stability in tough conditions, more food choices, better chance of at least something surviving when change occurs
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Q.total number of different species in an ecosystem. Bio means life. Diversity means different.
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Q.the ultimate source of energy in ecosystems, provides radiant energy that plants change into chemical energy
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30 sec
Q.2 factors that determine all biomes
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