Chapter 14

Question 1

The study of all of nonliving and living things in an environment and their interactions

Answer 1

Ecology

Question 2

Scientific word to describe a particular environment and all the living things that are supported by it

Answer 2

Ecosystem

Question 3

A mixture of rocks minerals and decaying organisms

Answer 3

Soil

Question 4

A series of events that happen over and over again

Answer 4

Cycle

Question 5

Continuous circling of water from the Earth to the atmosphere and back again

Answer 5

Water Cycle

Question 6

Cycling of oxygen and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, to the Earth, to the organisms on it

Answer 6

Oxygen / Carbon Cycle

Question 7

Cycling of Nitrogen from the atmosphere to the soil and the organisms on earth

Answer 7

Nitrogen Cycle

Question 8

source of food for all things in an ecosystem

Answer 8

Producer

Question 9

organism that cannot make its own food and must get it from producers or by eating other consumers

Answer 9

Consumer

Question 10

Consumer that eats plants

Answer 10

Herbivore

Question 11

Consumer that eats meat

Answer 11

Carnivore

Question 12

Concumer that eats dead organisms

Answer 12

Scavenger

Question 13

Consumer that eats both plants and animals

Answer 13

Omnivore

Question 14

Organism break down dead organisms into simpler substances

Answer 14

Decomposer

Question 15

describes the feeding relationship between a producer and a single chain of consumers in an ecosystem.

Answer 15

Food Chain

Question 16

Overlapping food chains for many organisms in an ecosystem

Answer 16

Food Web

Question 17

Diagram that shows how energy is lost as you move along a food chain

Answer 17

Energy Pyramid

Question 18

large geographic area that has similar climate and similar types of plants and animals

Answer 18

Biome

Question 19

Cold and dry biome nearest the Arctic

Answer 19

Tundra

Question 20

Biome characterized by conifers or cone bearing trees such as firs, spruce, and pines.

Answer 20

Taiga

Question 21

get their name from the dominant vegetation in the biome, grasses

Answer 21

Grassland

Question 22

biome is an area that receives less than 25 centimeters of rainfall a year

Answer 22

Desert

Question 23

Biome found in tropical climates getting at least 200 centimeters of rain a year.

Answer 23

Tropical Rainforest

Question 24

Biome made of trees that shed their leaves in the fall and grow them back in the spring.

Answer 24

Deciduous Forest

Question 25

This includes lakes, ponds, streams, and rivers.

Answer 25

Freshwater Biomes

Question 26

places where freshwater and saltwater meet.

Answer 26

Estuary

Question 27

(ocean biome)- This is the largest biome covering 70% of the earth’s surface.

Answer 27

Marine Biome

Question 28

microscopic plants- live near the low tide line. They are the producers in the ocean.

Answer 28

Phytoplankton