1. Chapter 18 Ecology Study Guide and notes

2. Producers and examples Consumers and examples Herbivore and examples Decomposers and examples: Fungi and bacteria. Ecosystem: definition Abiotic factors and examples Biotic factors and examples Key Vocabulary

3.  Food web: definition and examples.  Ecology: definition  Community: define  Biogeochemical cycle: define  Examples of detritivores: vultures, worms and Fungi

4.  Carnivores and examples.  Fossil fuels: How do they form and examples? BW

5.  How do human affect the carbon cycle? BW question?  What happens to an organism when it dies?  Answer: Decomposers break it down.  Which cycle contains proteins?  Nitrogen cycle Cycles

6.  Organisms are eaten by many different organisms.  What is the difference between a food web and a food chain? Food Webs

7. Food Web Trophic level one Tropic level 2 Trophic level 3 Trophic level 4

8. Energy Pyramid Producers Herbivore Omnivore Carnivore