Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Unit 2
Ecosystems & Cycles Mr.Chang
35
Science
9th Grade
10/13/2011

Additional Science Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Ecosystem
Definition
all organisms living together with physical environment
Term
Biotic Factors
Definition
living/dead organisms
Term
Abiotic Factors
Definition

nonliving 

ex: air, dirt water

Term
Population
Definition
all member of the same species
Term
Community
Definition

different population of species which live in the same place & interact with each other

ex: park

Term
Habitat
Definition

place where and organism lives

ex: house

Term
What is your ecosystem?
Definition
woodlands
Term
What is your population?
Definition
human
Term
What is your community?
Definition
vegetable, organisms (living things)
Term
What is your habitat?
Definition
surburban
Term
*Photosynthesis*
Definition
plants use the sun's energy to combine carbon dioxide & water to make carbohydrates & oxygen
Term
What is the equation for photosynthesis?
Definition
6CO2(carbon)+6H2O(water)+SUN= C6H12O6(sugar)+6O2(oxygen)
Term
*Chemosynthesis*
Definition
synthesis of organic compounds by energy derived from chemical reactions, typically in the absence of sunlight
Term
What are producers?
Definition

a) make their own food

b) bottom of the food chain

c) plant & some bacteria

Term
consumer
Definition
can't make their own food
Term
herbivore 
Definition
eat plants(consumer)
Term
carnivore
Definition
eat meat (consumer)
Term
omnivore
Definition
eat both plant & meat (consumer)
Term
decomposer
Definition
eat ead organisms (consumer)
Term
Cellular Respiration (occur in cell)
Definition

1) process of breaking down food

2)carbohydrates & oxygen breakdown into carbon dioxide, water & energy

Term
What is the equation for cellular respiration?
Definition

C6H12O6+6O2=

6CO2+6H2O+ATP

Term
Law of 10%
Definition
from one level to the next 10 % of energy is actually transferred, the rest of the energy is used by the body & lost as heat
Term
food chains
Definition
show sequence in which energy is transferred from 1 organism to the next
Term
food webs
Definition
many feeding relationships withing an ecosystem
Term
trophic level
Definition
each step in which energy is transferred in the food chain
Term
energy pyramid
Definition
[image]
Term

Loss of energy in each trophic levels has what 2 effects?

Definition

1) fewer organisms in each higher level

2) limits the number of trophic levels

Term
What is made up of carbon
Definition
living things
Term
Dead organisms will recycle what?
Definition
their carbon
Term
What do living organisms release?
Definition
CO2
Term
What takes in CO2?
Definition
plants
Term
How do humans affect the carbon cycle?
Definition
by burning fossil fuels & wood
Term
The CO2 absorbs what?
Definition
heat in the atmosphere
Term
What 3 things are carbon sinks? (hold onto carbon)
Definition
plants, oceans,& rocks
Term
Nitrogen builds what in organisms?
Definition
proteins
Supporting users have an ad free experience!