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Parts of an Ecosystem for $100 Any organism that performs photosynthesis. Answer
Green Plants (or autotrophs or producers) Back to the Board
Parts of an Ecosystem for $200 Any organism that must obtain food and eat to obtain nutrients. Answer
Consumer Back to the Board
Parts of an Ecosystem $300 Any organism that causes dead organisms to decay, recycling nutrients back into the soil. Answer
Decomposers (or saprophytes) Back to the Board
Parts of an Ecosystem for $400 Term meaning “Organic material” that is present in an ecosystem. This type of factor is either an organism (dead or alive), or some product of an organism (like feces or tree sap). Answer
Biotic Factor Back to the Board
Parts of an Ecosystem for $500 Three examples of Abiotic Factors that could be found in an ecosystem. Answer
Water, Soil, Sunlight, Temperature, Climate, Air/Atmosphere Back to the Board
Relationships for $100 Animal that hunts for its food. Answer
Predator Back to the Board
Relationships for $200 Animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal. Answer
Prey Back to the Board
Photosynthesis for $300 Type of gas that is released during photosynthesis Answer
Oxygen Back to the Board
Photosynthesis for $400 Type of symbiosis where both organisms benefit from their close interaction. Answer
Mutualism Back to the Board
Habitats for $500 What are three things an organism needs to get from its habitat? Answer
Food, water, shelter Back to the Board
Nutrition for $100 What do “Producers” produce? Answer
Glucose (food) Back to the Board
Nutrition for $200 Primary consumers in a food chain must always eat what kind of food? Answer
Green Plants Back to the Board
Nutrition for $300 Term used to describe animals that eat both plants and other animals Answer
Omnivore Back to the Board
Nutrition for $400 The term used to describe animals that eat producers. Answer
Herbivores Back to the Board
Nutrition for $500 Term used to describe a complicated pattern of overlapping food chains. Answer
Food web Back to the Board
Changes in an Ecosystem for $100 An organism’s role in the ecosystem Answer
Niche Back to the Board
Misc for $200 If s substance (like soil), has many holes in it, we could say that it is _____. Answer
Porous Back to the Board
Misc. for $300 If a substance, like soil, is able to allow liquids and gases to pass through it easily, we would say that it is _______. Answer
Permeable Back to the Board
Misc. for $400 Identify one reason why water and sunlight are important to all organisms. Answer
1. Producers, like plants and algae, need the sun’s energy to photosynthesize. 2. Consumers rely on producers (and other consumers) to eat (obtain energy). 3. All organisms need water to carry on life processes. Back to the Board
Changes in an Ecosystem for $500 The physical and behavioral characteristics that allow animals to survive in their environments is called _______. Answer
Adaptations Back to the Board
Energy for $100 • All of the energy that is present in an ecosystem comes from this source Answer
Sun Back to the Board
Energy for $200 • Type of organism that can transform light energy into chemical energy Answer
Green Plants Back to the Board
Energy for $300 • Percentage of calories lost at each step up on the food chain. Answer
90% (10% is passed on) Back to the Board
Energy for $400 How energy is lost as it is transferred to the next level of the food chain. Answer
Metabolism of the organism that is eaten Back to the Board
Energy for $500 These two types of organisms must be present in order for an ecosystem to be self-sustaining. Answer
Producers and Decomposers Back to the Board
Amino Acids Name for a chain of Amino Acids
Polypeptide
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