Lesson 7 - Ecology Vocabulary

Producers take in nitrogen compounds in soil and pass to consumers that consume the producers.

• Carbon Cycle

• Oxygen Cyle

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Phosphorous Cycle

Carbon is recycled through respiration, photosynthesis, fuel combustion, decomposition; carbon can be atmospheric or dissolved, or can be found in organic compounds within the body.

• Carbon Cycle

• Oxygen Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Phosphorous Cycle

Is the scientific study of the interactions between different kinds of living things and their environment.

• Biology

• Ecology

• Physiology

• Psychology

All the living organisms in an ecosystem are known as __________ factors.

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Communities

• Food Chains

All the nonliving organisms in an ecosystem are known as _________ factors.

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Communities

• Food Webs

Interconnected food chains.

• Consumers

• Producers

• Food Webs

• Populations

Path of energy from producer to consumer. Flow of energy.

• Carrying Capacity

• Exponential Growth

• Logistic Growth

• Food Chain

Includes not only what an organism eats, but also where it feeds and how it impacts the energy flow in an ecosystem.

• Niche

• Habitat

• Environment

• Ecosystem

The place where an organism lives is called its _______.

• Niche

• Habitat

• Environment

• Ecosystem

J shape curve; as long as the ideal conditions continue, as the population grows larger, the growth rate increases.

• Carrying Capacity

• Exponential Growth

• Logistic Growth

• Density-dependent Factor