Ecology x

What is ecology

• Part of the planet in which life is found

• Study of living things and their interactions with their environment.

• Place where a plant or animal lives

The biosphere is the part of the planet which life can be found

• true

• false

These are all examples of ecosystems,

• forest

• desert

• grassland

• farm

Abiotic factors

• Living

• relate to the soil

• non living

Edaphic factors are in relation to the...

• living

• soil

• weather

how much energy is passed on from each trophic level in a food chain

• 10%

• 15%

• 20%

The _____ is the main source of energy for the planet

• plants

• heat

• sun

• animals

Producers

• Take in food from a different organisms

• are carnivores

• are plants and make their own food

How can carbon be returned to the atmosphere

• Precipitation

• Respiration

• combustion

• photosynthesis

A niche is the role an organism plays in the community

• true

• false