Vocab Words

Question 1

A graphical model of energy flow in a community. The different levels represent different groups of organisms that might compose a food chain.

Answer 1

Energy pyramid

Question 2

A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

Answer 2

Food web

Question 3

To break down into simple nutrients

Answer 3

Decomposer

Question 4

A hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.

Answer 4

Food chain

Question 5

Bearing

Answer 5

Coniferous

Question 6

A heterotrophic organism that feeds on other organisms in a food chain.

Answer 6

Consumer

Question 7

A large region of Earth that has a certain climate and certain types of living things.

Answer 7

Biome

Question 8

Broadleaved

Answer 8

Deciduous

Question 9

The branch of biology the deals with the relations of organisms to one another and their surroundings

Answer 9

Ecology

Question 10

A series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order

Answer 10

Cycle

Question 11

The series of processes of which nitrogen and its compounds are interconverted in the environment and in living organisms, including nitrogen fixation and decomposition

Answer 11

Nitrogen cycle

Question 12

An animal, either an animal or plant, that influences or affects the ecosystem

Answer 12

Biotic Factors

Question 13

The cycle of processes of which water circulates between the Earth’s oceans, atmosphere and land, involving precipitation as rain at snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration

Answer 13

Water cycle

Question 14

A nonliving condition or thing, as climate or habitat, that influences or effects an ecosystem and the organisms in it

Answer 14

Abiotic Factor

Question 15

A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

Answer 15

Food web

Question 16

To break down into simple nutrients

Answer 16

Decomposer

Question 17

A hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.

Answer 17

Food chain

Question 18

Bearing

Answer 18

Coniferous

Question 19

A heterotrophic organism that feeds on other organisms in a food chain.

Answer 19

Consumer

Question 20

A large region of Earth that has a certain climate and certain types of living things.

Answer 20

Biome

Question 21

Broadleaved

Answer 21

Deciduous

Question 22

The branch of biology the deals with the relations of organisms to one another and their surroundings

Answer 22

Ecology

Question 23

A series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order

Answer 23

Cycle

Question 24

The series of processes of which nitrogen and its compounds are interconverted in the environment and in living organisms, including nitrogen fixation and decomposition

Answer 24

Nitrogen cycle

Question 25

An animal, either an animal or plant, that influences or affects the ecosystem

Answer 25

Biotic Factors

Question 26

The cycle of processes of which water circulates between the Earth's oceans, atmosphere and land, involving precipitation as rain at snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration

Answer 26

Water cycle

Question 27

A nonliving condition or thing, as climate or habitat, that influences or effects an ecosystem and the organisms in it

Answer 27

Abiotic Factor

Question 28

A person, company, or country the | At makes, grows, or supplies goods or communities for sale.

Answer 28

Producer

Question 29

The series of processes by which carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment, chiefly involving the incorporation of carbon dioxide into living tissue by photosynthesis and its return to the atmosphere through respiration, the decay of dead organisms, and the burning of fossil fuels.

Answer 29

Carbon cycle

Question 30

An animal that naturally preys on others

Answer 30

Predator

Question 31

An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food

Answer 31

Prey

Question 32

A number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other

Answer 32

Succession