Logan Flashcards
Is the transfer of energy beginning at the sun and passes down from one organism to another in a food chain
Energy Flow
The network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem
Food Web
To show how many organisms are at each level in a food chain ecologists use the method called a
Pyramid Of Numbers
A green chemical that traps the energy of the sun Producers use the trapped energy to make food
Chlorophyll
The carnivore at the end of the food chain
top consumer
the process of turning from liquid into vapor.
evaporation
During ______________, The trapped energy is used to convert carbon dioxide gas and water into foods
Photosynthesis
this occurs inside all living cells. Even plants need the energy from it when the sun isn’t shining
Cellular Respiration
is a model that shows how food energy flows from organism to organism
Food Chain
water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.
groundwater
the long-term warming of the planet’s overall temperature.
Global warming
anything that constrains a population’s size and slows or stops it from growing.
limiting factors
the process by which the structure of a biological community evolves over time
Ecological Succesion
to show how carbon is used over and over again in ecosystems
carbon cycle
the continuous movement of water through the environment
water cycle
