Ecosystem Ecology: Links in the Chain - Crash Course Ecology #7

This is a collection of living and non-living things interacting in a specific place.

• ECOSYSTEM

• ENERGY

• TINY DINOS

• ECOLOGISTS

This is how energy & materials come into an ecosystem, move around in it & get out.

• ECOLOGIST

• ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY

• BIOMASS

• PRODUCTIVITY

It is difficult for ecologists to tell when 1 ecosystem begins and ends.

• True

• False

There are 2 ways to measure and ecosystem.

• True

• False

The 2 ways to measure an ecosystem are...

• measure its' biomass and energy

• measure its' biomass and productivity

• measure its' energy and skins value

• measure its' battle packs and biomass

This is when each organism in a trophic structure situates itself in the food chain.

• Badlands Chugs organizing a food chain

• an ecosystem organizing itself

• photosynthesis organizing itself

• secondary consumers organizing themselves

What is the primary source of energy for most ecosystems

• the sun

• water

• the moon

• Badlands Chugs

These gather up the suns energy through photosynthesis and make stored packets of energy.

• Autotrophs

• Examples

• Detritivores

• fiddler crabs

These kinds of consumer are animals eating plants (herbivores) to transfer the energy to them.

• Secondary Consumers

• Primary Consumers

• Detritivores

• Trophic Structure

These types of consumers are carnivores that eat the herbivores

• Primary Consumers

• Secondary Consumers

• Consumer Reporters

• Badlands Chugs