An organism that can make its own food.

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.

A consumer that obtains energy by eating only plants.

A consumer that obtains energy by eating other animals.

A consumer that obtains energy by eating both plants and animals.

A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead or decaying organisms.

An organism that gets energy by breaking down wastes and dead organisms, and return raw materials to the soil and water.

A series of events in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and by being eaten.

A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.

A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.

The average annual conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area.

A dry region that on average receives less than 25 centimeters of precipitation per year.

A forest that receives at least 2 meters of rain per year, mostly occurring in the tropical wet climate zone.

The tallest layer of the rain forest that receives the most sunlight.

A layer of shorter trees and vines that grows in the shade of a forest canopy.

An area populated mostly by grasses and other nonwoody plants that gets 25 to 75 centimeters of rain each year.

A grassland located close to the equator that may include shrubs and small trees and receives as much as 120 centimeters of rain per day.

A tree that sheds its leaves during a particular season and grows new ones each year.

Dense forest of evergreens located in the upper regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

A tree that produces its seeds in cones and that has needle-shaped leaves coated in a waxy substance to reduce water loss.

An extremely cold, dry biome climate region characterized by short, col summers and bitterly cold winters.

Permanently frozen soil found in the tundra biome climate region.

The study of where organisms live and how they got there.

Species that are carried to a new location by people.

The movement or organisms from one place to another.

The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.

The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gas.

The change in state from a gas to a liquid.

Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

The process of changing free nitrogen gas into nitrogen compounds that plants can absorb and use.

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Ecology Chapter 2

Question	Answer
Producer	An organism that can make its own food.
Consumer	An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.
Herbivore	A consumer that obtains energy by eating only plants.
Carnivore	A consumer that obtains energy by eating other animals.
Omnivore	A consumer that obtains energy by eating both plants and animals.
Scavenger	A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead or decaying organisms.
Decomposer	An organism that gets energy by breaking down wastes and dead organisms, and return raw materials to the soil and water.
Food Chain	A series of events in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and by being eaten.
Food Web	The pattern of overlaping
Energy Pyramid	A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.
Biome	A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.
Climate	The average annual conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area.
Desert	A dry region that on average receives less than 25 centimeters of precipitation per year.
Rain Forest	A forest that receives at least 2 meters of rain per year, mostly occurring in the tropical wet climate zone.
Emergent Layer	The tallest layer of the rain forest that receives the most sunlight.
Canopy
Understory	A layer of shorter trees and vines that grows in the shade of a forest canopy.
Grassland	An area populated mostly by grasses and other nonwoody plants that gets 25 to 75 centimeters of rain each year.
Savanna	A grassland located close to the equator that may include shrubs and small trees and receives as much as 120 centimeters of rain per day.
Deciduos Tree	A tree that sheds its leaves during a particular season and grows new ones each year.
Boreal Forest	Dense forest of evergreens located in the upper regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Coniferous Tree	A tree that produces its seeds in cones and that has needle-shaped leaves coated in a waxy substance to reduce water loss.
Tundra	An extremely cold, dry biome climate region characterized by short, col summers and bitterly cold winters.
Permafrost	Permanently frozen soil found in the tundra biome climate region.
Biogeography	The study of where organisms live and how they got there.
Exotic Species	Species that are carried to a new location by people.
Dispersal	The movement or organisms from one place to another.
Continental Drift	The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.
Evaporation	The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gas.
Condensation	The change in state from a gas to a liquid.
Precipitation	Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
Nitrogen Fixation	The process of changing free nitrogen gas into nitrogen compounds that plants can absorb and use.
Estuary
Intertidal Zone
Neritic Zone

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