Ecosystems Overview - Page 2
Questions
- How does water cycle through the nonliving part of the ecosystem?
- Which type of ecological pyramid best traces the flow of matter through an ecosystem?
- What is a biophysical environment?
- What are some examples of ecosystems?
- What is a terrestrial ecosystem?
- A symbiotic relationship in which both participating species benefit is called?
- What is the relationship between a decrease in available energy to the producers and the overall ecosystem?
- In an ecosystem, what happens to the atom of certain chemical elements such as carbon oxygen, and nitrogen?
- How does matter move through an ecosystem?
- How did the exchange of plants & animals alter the environment?
- How does water density affect marine life?
- Which spaces of the earth are part of the biosphere?
- If a nutrient is in short supply in an ecosystem, how will it affect an organism?
- The extinction of many species in a relatively short period of geologic time is called what?
- What is a keystone species?
- Why is sunlight an important abiotic factor in all aquatic ecosystems?
- How do energy and nutrients move through an ecosystem?
- How are littoral and riparian zones different?
- How does the transfer of energy throughout an ecosystem begin?
- How many habitats may exist in one ecosystem?