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Producer
An organism that can make its own food. It is also known as an Autotroph.
Consumer
An organism that gets its food by eating other organisms. It is also known as a Heterotroph.
Carnivore
A consumer that eats other consumers (meat).
Scavenger
A Carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.
Herbivore
A consumer that eats only Producers, such as plants.
Omnivore
A consumer that eats both Producers (plants) and other Consumers (animals)
Decomposer
Is an organism that breaks down waste and dead organisms and returns nutrients to the environment.
Food Chain
A model that represents a single series of energy transfer within an ecosystem.
Food Web
A series of Food Chains that are interconnected.
Biogeography
The study of where organisms live on Earth.
Dispersal
The involuntary movement of organisms from one place to another by either Wind, Water, other organisms.
Climate
The typical pattern of weather in a certain area over long periods of time.
Temperature, Precipitation, Latitude, Altitude (Elevation)
The four (4) factors that control climate.
Physical Barrier
Any physical or ecological thing that may prevent plants and animals from moving from place to place. (Ex: Lakes, Rivers, Oceans, Mountains, Climate)
Energy Pyramid
A model that represents the amount of energy that is transferred from one trophic (feeding) level to the next. About 10% of energy is transferred per trophic level.
Adaptation
Any physical or behavioral characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment.
Succession
The series of predictable changes that occur in a community of living things over time.
Primary Succession
The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist.
Pioneer Species
The first organisms that appear in an area, which helps the creation of soil.
Biotic Factors
The living or once living things within a habitat.
Abiotic Factors
The non-living things within a habitat.
Habitat
An environment that provides all the necessary things for survival.
Ecosystem
The community of living things along with the abiotic factors within a particular area.
Organism
Any Living thing.
Species
A group of organisms with similar characteristics and the ability to produce fertile offspring.
Population
All the members of one species in a particular area.
Community
All the populations of different species within a particular area.
Organism - Species - Population - Community - Ecosystem
What is the correct order of the Levels of Organization (LOO) for ecology?
Temperature, Latitude, Altitude (Elevation), Precipitation
The 4 factors that control climate.
Water, Wind, Other organisms
Three (3) ways that dispersal can happen.
Climate, Physical Barriers, Competition
Three (3) things that can LIMIT dispersal.
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation
The three processes in the Water Cycle
78%
What is the percentage of Nitrogen in the Earth's atmosphere?
Biome
A group of ecosystems throughout the world that have similar climate and similar organisms.
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