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Nutrition Changes in an Ecosystem Energy $100 $200 $200 $300 $300 $400 $400 $500 $500 Parts of an Ecosystem Relationships $100 Exit
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, Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen, Temperature, Terrain, etc. 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
Relationships for $300 Type of symbiosis where one organism benefits by harming another organism (tapeworms, lice, etc) Answer
Parasitism Back to the Board
Relationships for $400 Type of symbiosis where both organisms benefit from their close interaction. Answer
Mutualism Back to the Board
Relationships for $500 The type of symbiosis where one organism benefits from a close interaction and the other organism is unaffected. Answer
Commensalism 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
Changes in an Ecosystem for $200 Process of change that occurs in an ecosystem as new plant and animal life enter Answer
Succession Back to the Board
Changes in an Ecosystem for $300 Term used to describe a stable ecosystem that has completed succession Answer
Climax Community Back to the Board
Changes in an Ecosystem for $400 Term used to describe a foreign species that enters a new ecosystem and has little competition Answer
Alien or Exotic Species Back to the Board
Changes in an Ecosystem for $500 Failure of a species to adapt to a changing ecosystem will result in the ______ of that species Answer
Extinction 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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