Energy Flow in Ecosystems
Cycles in Matter
Biogeography
Earth's Biomes
Succession
100
A diagram that shows how much energy is available at each feeding level in an ecosystem
What is an energy pyramid
100
matter is made up of these tiny particles
What are atoms
100
The meaning of bio-
What is 'life'
100
A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
What is a biome
100
Two types of succession
What is primary and secondary
200
the organism that is first on the food web
What is a producer
200
The formation of clouds in the water cycle
What is condensation
200
the meaning of geo
What is Earth
200
What determines an area's biome
What is climate (temperature and rainfall)
200
The first species to populate an area
What is pioneer species (or primary species)
300
organisms that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
What is a decomposer
300
Plants produce this and animals take it in
What is oxygen
300
The very slow movement of the continents
What is continental drift
300
A biome in which the amount of evaporation is greater than the amount of precipitation
What is desert
300
Succession in a place where an ecosystem has previously existed
What is secondary succession
400
This type of producer makes its own food
What is an autotroph
400
Where bacteria fix free nitrogen into compounds (hint:found on a plant)
What are nodules
400
Three means of dispersal
What is wind, water and living things
400
Two other terms for 'grassland'
What is savanna or prairie
400
The succession that happens slowly over time
What is primary succession
500
Two major types of decomposers
What are bacteria and fungi
500
Two atoms combine together
What are molecules
500
Species that have naturally evolved in an area
What is native species
500
Two 'tree' biomes
What is Coniferous and Deciduous
500
Two natural disturbances that can be the effects of succession
What is fires and tornados (or hurricanes)
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