Ecology

An organism that the foundation of all food chains

• Consumer

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Omnivor

The rate at which biomass accumulates.

• Net Primary Productiviey

• Gross Primary Productivity

Place where an organism lives.

• Niche

• Resource

• Habitat

• Trophic Level

Which of these is NOT an abiotic factor?

• Water

• Air

• Temperture

• Bones

A hawk that ate a snake that ate a mouse that ate grass seed is a ...

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Quaternary Consumer

Water moving through plants and back into the atmosphere.

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Perspiration

The process that takes carbon out of the atmosphere.

• Combustion

• Decomposition

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

Where is most fresh water on Earth located?

• Rivers, Lakes and Streams.

• Ice Caps and Glaciers

• Ground Water

• Oceans

What is the source for phosphorus for plants?

• Eroding Rock

• Fossil Fuels

• The Atmosphere

• Meteorites

All biogeochemical cycles on Earth would break down without these organisms.

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

• Decomposers

• Herbivores