Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password

Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

Ch. 3 the biosphere

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Question
Answer
Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment   show
🗑
Part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere   show
🗑
show Species  
🗑
show Populations  
🗑
show Communities  
🗑
show Ecosystem  
🗑
A group of ecosystems that have the same climate and similar dominant communities   show
🗑
show Autotrophs  
🗑
show Producers  
🗑
Process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches   show
🗑
show Chemosynthesis  
🗑
show Heterotrophs  
🗑
show Consumers  
🗑
Organisms that obtain energy by eating only plants   show
🗑
show Carnivores  
🗑
Organisms that obtain energy by eating both plants and animals   show
🗑
Organisms that feed on plant and animal remains and other dead matter   show
🗑
show Decomposers  
🗑
Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten   show
🗑
Network of complex interactions formed by the feeding relationships among the various organisms in an ecosystem   show
🗑
A step in a food chain or food web   show
🗑
Diagram that shows the relative amounts of energy or matter within each trophic level in a food chain or food web   show
🗑
Total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level   show
🗑
Process in which elements, chemical compounds, and other forms off matter are passed from one organism to another and from one part of the biosphere to another   show
🗑
Process by which water changes from a liquid to an atmospheric gas   show
🗑
The process of water evaporating from leaves of plants   show
🗑
show Nutrients  
🗑
Process of converting nitrogen gas into ammonia   show
🗑
Conversion of nitrates into nitrogen gas   show
🗑
Rate at which organic matter is created by producers in an ecosystem   show
🗑
show Limiting nutrient  
🗑
An immediate increase in the amount of algae and other producers that results from a large input of a limiting nutrient   show
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: Hagi131096
Popular Biology sets