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5. Parts of an Ecosystem for $100 Answer Any organism that performs photosynthesis.

6. Green Plants (or autotrophs or producers) Back to the Back to the Board

7. Parts of an Ecosystem for $200 Answer Any organism that must obtain food and eat otheres to obtain nutrients.

8. Consumer Back to the Back to the Board

9. Parts of an Ecosystem $300 Answer Any organism that causes dead organisms to decay, recycling nutrients back into the soil.

10. Decomposers Back to the Back to the Board

11. Parts of an Ecosystem for $400 Answer Term meaning “ Organic material ” that is present in an ecosystem. This type of factor is usually “Alive”

12. Biotic Factor Back to the Back to the Board

13. Parts of an Ecosystem for $500 Answer Three examples of Abiotic Factors that could be found in an ecosystem.

14. Water, Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen, Temperature, Terrain, etc. Back to the Back to the Board

15. Food Chain and Food Web Food Chain and Food Web for $100 Answer Lowest organism in the food web is usually called a what

16. Primary producer Back to the Back to the Board

17. Food Chain and Food Web Food Chain and Food Web for $200 Answer What shows all the possible feeding relationships in a community at each tropic level

18. Food Web Back to the Back to the Board

19. Food Chain and Food Web Food Chain and Food Web for $300 Answer Each link in a food chain is called what

20. Back to the Back to the Board Trophic Level

21. Food Chain and Food Web Food Chain and Food Web for $400 Answer What is the name of an organism that only eats meat?

22. Carnivore Back to the Back to the Board

23. Food Chain and Food Web Food Chain and Food Web for $500 Answer What is the amount of organic matter comprising a group of organisms in a habitat

24. Biomass Back to the Back to the Board

25. Cycles Cycles for $100 Answer What are the three cycles that we discussed in class?

26. Water, Carbon, and Nitrogen Back to the Back to the Board

27. Cycles Cycles for $200 Answer Photosynthesis takes carbon dioxide and water and converts it into sugar and what?

28. Oxygen Back to the Back to the Board

29. Cycles Cycles for $300 Answer What is known as plant sweating?

30. Transpiration Back to the Back to the Board

31. Cycles Cycles for $400 Answer Converts nitrates into nitrogen gas

32. denitrification Back to the Back to the Board

33. Cycles Cycles for $500 Answer What converts atmospheric nitrogen into ammonium?

34. Nitrogen fixation Back to the Back to the Board

35. Changes in an Ecosystem Changes in an Ecosystem for $100 An organism ’ s role in the ecosystem Answer

36. Niche Back to the Back to the Board

37. Changes in an Ecosystem Changes in an Ecosystem for $200 A group of organisms of the same species that live in a particular area Answer

38. Population Back to the Back to the Board

39. Changes in an Ecosystem Changes in an Ecosystem for $300 What is one method that ecologists use to study the living world? Answer

40. Observe, experiment, or model Back to the Back to the Board

41. Changes in an Ecosystem Changes in an Ecosystem for $400 What happens if a lake receives arunoff from heavily fertilized fields. Answer

42. Algal Bloom Back to the Back to the Board

43. Changes in an Ecosystem Changes in an Ecosystem for $500 The chemical substances that an organism needs to sustain life Answer

44. Nutrients Back to the Back to the Board

45. Energy Energy for $100 All of the energy that is present in an ecosystem comes from this source Answer

46. Back to the Back to the Board Sun

47. Energy Energy for $200 Type of organism that can transform light energy into chemical energy Answer

48. Green Plants Back to the Back to the Board

49. Energy Energy for $300 Percentage of calories lost at each step up on the food chain. Answer

50. 90% (10% is passed on) Back to the Back to the Board

51. Energy Energy for $400 How energy is lost as it is transferred to the next level of the food chain. Answer

52. Metabolism of the organism that is eaten Back to the Back to the Board

53. Energy Energy for $500 These two types of organisms must be present in order for an ecosystem to be self-sustaining. Answer

54. Producers and Decomposers Back to the Back to the Board

56. Name the secondary consumer in this food chain

57. DEER!!!

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