Science

Question 1

Energy pyramid-

Answer 1

model that shows the available amount of energy in each trophic layer in an ecosystem

Question 2

Food web-

Answer 2

a model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things

Question 3

Decomposer-

Answer 3

organisms which carry out the process of decomposition by breaking down dead or decaying organisms

Question 4

Food Chain-

Answer 4

a model that shows one set of feeding relationships among living things

Question 5

Coniferous-

Answer 5

a type of plant with needle-like leaves that uses cones to reproduce

Question 6

Consumer-

Answer 6

an organism that eats other living things to get energy; an organism that does not produce its own food (related)

Question 7

Biome-

Answer 7

a major ecological community such as grassland, tropical rain forest, or desert

Question 8

Deciduous-

Answer 8

a forest containing trees that lose their leaves each year

Question 9

Ecology-

Answer 9

the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.

Question 10

Cycle-

Answer 10

a process that repeats

Question 11

Nitrogen Cycle-

Answer 11

a process in which nitrogen in the atmosphere enters the soil and becomes part of living organisms then eventually returns to the atmosphere

Question 12

Biotic factors-

Answer 12

all of the living parts of an ecosystem

Question 13

Water Cycle-

Answer 13

the continual movement of water between the land, ocean, and the air

Question 14

Abiotic Factor-

Answer 14

all of the nonliving parts of an ecosystem

Question 15

Producer-

Answer 15

an organism that makes its own food; an organism that does not consume other plants or animals

Question 16

Carbon Cycle-

Answer 16

a natural cycle in which carbon compounds, mainly carbon dioxide,

Question 17

Predator-

Answer 17

an animal that hunts and eats another animal

Question 18

Prey-

Answer 18

an animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal

Question 19

Succession-

Answer 19

the progressive replacement of one community by another until a climax community is established.