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Grade 9 Academic Science – Unit 1 Sustaining Ecosystems. Herbivore. What is an organism that eats only plants?. A step-by-step sequence linking organisms that feed on each other. What is a Food Chain?. Non-living factors in the ecosystem such as temperature and wind direction.
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A step-by-step sequence linking organisms that feed on each other
Non-living factors in the ecosystem such as temperature and wind direction.
The study of how organisms interact with each other and their physical environment.
The largest reservoir of carbon near the surface of the Earth.
These substances always contain atoms of carbon AND hydrogen, and often, oxygen and nitrogen.
During this process, green plants absorb CO2 from the atmosphere and use it to manufacture plant fibres, starches and sugars
This “rule” states only 10% of the energy in one trophic level will be passed to the next trophic level.
It is the diagram that shows the movement of energy through trophic levels.
Biogeochemical cycle in which carbon is cycled through the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere
Many different organisms as a measure of a healthy ecosystem.
A resource that can be used continuously without being completely depleted because it regenerates itself
It is the number of organisms an area can sustain indefinitely
An organism that feeds on the dead body of other organisms and, in the process, releases nutrients to the soil and water
A factor in an ecosystem created by the presence and roles of living things