Chapter 4 Ecosystems and Communities updated

The total amount of living tissue within a given tropic level

• biotic

• biome

• biomass

• biosphere

The process in which elements , chemical compounds, and other forms of matter are passed from one part of the biosphere to another.

• biogeochemical cycle

• biomass

• carbon reservoir

• biome

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3.  Organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer

• heterotroph

• autotroph

• consumer

• primary consumer

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The process in which chemical energy is used to produce carbohydrates.

• photosynthesis

• chemosynthesis

• autotroph

• heterotroph

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Organism that relies on other organisms for its energy and food supply; also called a heterotroph

• autotroph

• primary producer

• consumer

• detritus

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A natural feature (such as  a landmass, forest, or ocean) that stores carbon

• carbon reservoir

• food chain

• food web

• trophic level

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Material made up of decaying bits of plant and animal material

• consumer

• detritus

• nutrient

• limiting nutrient

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Process by which bacteria convert nitrates into nitrogen gas.

• chemosynthesis

• photosynthesis

• denitrification

• nitrogen fixation

Model of the relative amounts of energy or matter contained within each trophic level in a given food chain or food web.

• food chain

• food web

• limiting nutrient

• ecological pyramid

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Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten

• food chain

• food web

• trophic level

• ecological pyramid

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