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Ecology Test I
Ecology Test Part I
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Organisms that capture energy by eating other organisms | consumers |
| Nonliving factors such as weather that can effect ecosystems | abiotic factors |
| all of the different species that live together in an ecosystem are known as | community |
| an animal that eats plants | herbivore |
| an animal that eats other animals | carnivore |
| the rate at which producers make energy | primary productivity |
| shows a direct path of energy flow through the trophic levels | food chain |
| an organism that obtains from dead organisms or organic waste | detritivore |
| small plants and fungi that are able to survive in new habitats | pioneer species |
| living factors that are apart of the ecosystem | biotic factors |
| consists of a community and all of the physical aspects of the habitat | ecosystem |
| an organism that consumes both plants and animals | omnivore |
| organism in an ecosystem that are able to capture energy | producers |
| a regular progression of species replacement is known as | succession |
| succession that occurs where plants have not been able to grow before | primary succession |
| an interconnected group of food chains | food web |
| a diagram of trophic levels showing the amount of energy stored within each trophic level | energy pyramid |
| organisms that cause decay and help to break down organic matter | decomposers |
| the portion of the planet that can sustain life | biosphere |
| succesion that occurs in places where there has preciously been growth | secondary succession |
| the number of living things found within an ecosystem represents the ecosystems...? | biodiversity |
| the study of living things and their interaction with each other and the enviorment | ecology |
| a part of the biosphere that has a specif climate and biome | community |
| the dry weight of organic matter within an ecosystem | biomass |
| an assigned level in a food chain or other diagram based on how an organism obtains food | trophic level |
| place where a particular population lives | habitat |