Ecology

The maximum number of organisms an ecosystem can support is called

• Trophic level

• Immigration

• Succession

• Carrying capacity

An illustration that uses arrows to show the MANY possible directions in which matter and energy can pass through the organisms in an ecosystem.

• Food chain
• Food web
• Energy Pyramid
• Succession Map

The rabbit in this food web would be considered a:

• Decomposer
• Producer
• Secondary Consumer
• Primary Consumer

The nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

• Abiotic factors

• Biotic factors

What does a food web represent?

• All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
• A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
• How carnivores get their food. 

What is another word for producer?

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Consumer

• Decomposer

In an energy pyramid, only _____% of the available energy gets transferred between steps - the rest is lost as heat.

• 50%

• 90%

• 10%

• 1&%

What is the term for an organism's general location in a food chain or food web?

• energy path

• food web

• trophic level

• food pyramid

Consumer that eats plants

• heterotroph
• herbivore
• producer
• community

A decomposer eats -

• Plants & meat

• Meat only

• Plants only

• Dead/decaying material