Ecosystem Flashcards

1
Q

It of the basic functional unit of an environment in which living and nonliving organisms interact

A

Ecosystem

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

These are large sections of land, sea, or atmosphere

A

Biomes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Two Biotic Factors

A

• Autotrophs
• Heterotrophs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

They can produce food of their own by the process of photosynthesis and chemosynthesis.

A

Autotrophs (Producers)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

They depend on autotrophs for food.

A

Heterotrophs (Consumers)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Producers which prepare food through photosynthesis using low solar energy.

A

Phototrophs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Producers which prepare food through chemosynthesis using atmospheric oxygen.

A

Chemotrophs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Consumers who depend on dead plants and animals for nutrition.

A

Saprophytes (Decomposers)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Consumers who depend on living organisms for nutrition.

A

Parasites

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Consumers who get food through the mouth.

A

Holozoic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

It composes those organisms that make their food.

A

The producer level

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

It composes those organisms that feed on the producer level.

A

The primary consumer level

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

It composes those organisms that feed on the primary consumers.

A

The secondary consumer level

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Two Types of Ecosystem

A

✓ Aquatic Ecosystem
✓ Terrestrial Ecosystem

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Water-based Ecosystem

A

Aquatic Ecosystem

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Land-based Ecosystem

A

Terrestrial Ecosystem

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Two Types of Aquatic Ecosystem

A

• Freshwater Ecosystem
• Marine Ecosystem

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Water bodies that are moving slowly or are still in some places.

A

Lentic Ecosystem

19
Q

Water bodies that are moving at a fast pace.

A

Lotic Ecosystem

20
Q

Environments characterized by soils saturated with water for a long time.

21
Q

Known as the Largest Type of ecosystem on earth.

A

Marine Ecosystem

22
Q

Four types of Terrestrial Ecosystem

A

✓ Forest ecosystem
✓ Grassland ecosystem
✓ Mountain ecosystem
✓ Desert ecosystem

23
Q

Have incredibly high temperatures and low availability of water.

A

Desert Ecosystem

24
Q

Characterized by mountainous regions where the climate is usually.

A

Mountain Ecosystem

25
An ecosystem where many organisms live together with the environments abiotic components.
Forest Ecosystem
26
Are organisms that can make their food.
Producers (Autotrophs)
27
Are organisms that does not produce its food but must eat other organisms to obtain energy.
Consumers (Heterotrophs)
28
Four types of consumers
• Herbivores • Carnivores • Omnivores • Detritivores
29
Consumers that only eat plants.
Herbivores
30
Consumers that only eat animals.
Carnivores
31
Consumers that eat both plants and animals.
Omnivores
32
Consumers that eat bodies of organism.
Detritivores
33
They break down wastes and dead plant and animal matter into simple nutrients.
Decomposers
34
Pyramid that shows the rate of energy flow and productivity at successive trophic levels.
Pyramid of Energy
35
Pyramid that shows the number of individual organisms at each level.
Pyramid of Numbers
36
Pyramid that shows the total living biomass or organic matter present at different trophic levels in an ecosystem.
Pyramid of Biomass.
37
A graphical representation of what-eats-what in an ecological community.
Food webs
38
Is the name would give to the variety of all life on earth.
Biodiversity
39
Is most often used to describe a relationship in which at least one species benefits.
Symbiosis
40
An interaction between two species in which one species feeds on the other species
Predation
41
A relationship between two species, where one species benefit from the other by harming it.
Parasitism
42
Relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
Commensalism
43
Relationship between two species in which both species benefit.
Mutualism
44
Type of biological interaction where one species causes harm to another organism without any costs or benefits to itself.
Amensalism