How the Ecosystems Work

An atmospheric gas that increases when fossil fuels are burned off

• ecological succession

• carbon dioxide

• algal bloom

• climax community

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

evidence of excessive fertilizer use

• carbon dioxide

• climax community

• old field succession

• algal bloom

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A final and stable community

• ecological succession

• secondary succession

• climax community

• old field succession

a type of succession that occurs on abandoned farmland

• ecological succession

• old field succession

• climax community

• secondary succession

a gradual process of change and replacement of the types of species in a community

• ecological sucession

• secondary succession

• algal bloom

• old field succession

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

a common type of succession that occurs on a surface where an ecosystem has previously existed

• ecological succession

• secondary succession

• carbon dioxide

• old field succession

What is the ultimate source of energy for almost all organisms except those living deep in the ocean near a thermal vent?

• producers

• consumers

• the sun

• bacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which of these consumers might depend on a rabbit for its energy?

• grasshopper

• coyote

• cow

• horse

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A consumer that eats only producers is called a(n)

• omnivore

• carnivore

• autotroph

• herbivore

What term is used to describe a linear sequence in which energy is transmitted from one organism to the next as each organism eats another organisms?

• food web

• food chain

• trophic level

• energy pyramid

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6