Ecology Quizizz Quiz

Loss of forests; can be caused by logging; causes soil erosion

• ecological succession

• extinction

• deforestation

• biodiversity

total amount of living matter in an area or feeding level

• ecology

• biomass

• biosphere

• biodiversity

the death of an entire species; dodo bird, passenger pigeon

• endangered species

• extinction

• biome

• climax community

shows the amount of energy available at each trophic level; energy is lost as heat as you move up from the producer level

• ecological succession

• carrying capacity

• energy pyramid

• limiting factors

interactions of multiple food chains together

• biosphere

• food chain

• resource

• food web

an organism that feeds on a living host

• niche

• producer

• parasite

• consumer

organisms that break down dead or decaying matter

• decomposer

• herbivore

• scavenger

• carnivore

one organism benefits and the other is not harmed or helped

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

• consumer

increase in average temperature of the biosphere; thought to be increased mostly by human activities

• abiotic factors

• food chain

• global warming/climate change

• non-renewable resource

first species to populate an area; grass; lichens

• consumer

• parasite

• pioneer organism

• climax community