Energy Flow in Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Cycles

Levels in food chains; based on how an organism gets it's energy.

• trophic levels

• food levels

• web levels

• chain levels

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A diagram that represents the amount of energy stored in trophic levels.

• biomass pyramid

• trophic levels

• food chain levels

• energy pyramid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

How much energy is passed on to each trophic level?

• 10%

• 20%

• 30%

• 40%

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

How water, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus pass from the physical environment to living organisms.

• agrogeochemical cycles

• biogeochemical cycles

• biological cycles

• geothermal cycles

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The evaporation of water from plants.

• assimilation

• transpiration

• condensation

• percolation

We use these to power our vehicles, and heat our homes; formed from decayed plants and animals millions of years ago.

• nitrogenous waste

• carbon fuels

• fossil fuels

• keystone fuels

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

The weight of living organic matter found within a trophic level; the amount of potential food available for each trophic level.

• biomass

• biodome

• trophic mass

• bio level

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The process by which water vapor forms clouds in the atmosphere.

• transpiration

• assimilation

• ammonification

• condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Some bacteria return nitrogen to the atmosphere in the process of _______________.

• evaporation

• assimilation

• denitrification

• nitrification

Organism that obtain their energy from eating dead matter or waste.

• omnivores

• detrivores

• herbivores

• decomposers