1. Ecology

2. The study of interactions of living organisms with other organisms and their environment Ecology

3. What does an ecosystem include? Biotic and abiotic factors

4. An organisms role or job in an ecosystem Niche

5. What are the primary producers in the Savanna? Grass – they are grasslands

6. This is an example of a Food Chain

7. Major ecosystems that occur over a wide area of land BIOME

8. Typical weather pattern of an area over time is called climate

9. An area that is cold and treeless Tundra

10. Biome that has a dry, hot climate with little precipitation and minimal plant life. Desert

11. Bogs, Marshes, and Swamps are Wetlands

12. Region of life that supports all living things Biosphere

13. What is the predator in this food chain? Fox

14. Where is the greatest amount of energy? Autotrophs/plants

15. Region of life that supports all living things Biosphere

16. What is the area where fresh water and salt water meet? Estuary

17. All communities, energy and abiotic factors in an area is Ecosystem

18. Identify 3 abiotic factors Rain Sunlight Soil Rocks Temperature, etc

19. The most common photosynthetic pigment is Chlorophyll

20. What is the prey in this food chain? Bunny

21. The total weight of the organisms in an ecosystem biomass

22. Autotrophs make their food through which process photosynthesis

23. Eats only consumers Carnivore

24. What do tertiary consumers eat? Secondary consumers

25. What happens if algae is removed? All organisms would be affected

26. What are elephant seals (-vore)? carnivores

27. What are penguins(-vore)? omnivores

28. Eats only producers Herbivore

29. Eats producers and consumers Omnivore

30. Eats dead consumers Detrivore or Scavenger

31. When a toxin is absorbed in the bottom trophic level and reaches the top of the food chain biomagnification

32. Recycles nutrients back into the environment decomposer

33. What is another name for a producer? autotroph

34. Put the following smallest to largest: community, ecosystem, organism, biosphere, population Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere

35. A snake that eats a frog that has eaten an insect that fed on a plant is a Tertiary consumer

36. All of the interconnected food chains make a______________ Food web

37. A Biologist that studies the interactions of organisms with their environment Ecologist

38. An Oak tree is an example of a Producer

39. This is the formula for _________ _____________.

40. In which organelle does cellular respiration take place? Mitochondria

41. In which organelle does photosynthesis take place Chloroplast

42. A cow is an example of a Herbivore

43. A mushroom, bacteria and worms are examples of a decomposer

44. A group of organisms of different species living together in a particular space is a(n) community

45. When moving up the trophic levels what happens to the energy levels? The energy decreases: 10% rule

46. If the producers in a trophic level have 300kg of biomass, how many kg of biomass would be at the secondary consumer trophic level? 3kg

47. The Physical Location of where an organism lives habitat

48. In a food web, what type of organism gives energy to all of the other trophic levels? producers

49. Which type of biome makes up most of the biosphere? aquatic

50. A group of organisms of the same species living in a particular space is a(n) population

51. What happens when two niches overlap Competition for resources