A biological system that contains a COMMUNITY of organisms together with non-living parts of the envirnment, interacting together.
A food chain shows the transfer of 1._______ from one organism to the next, beginning with a 2._________, which obtains its energy from the 3. __________.
1. energy / 2.producer / 3. sun
A _____ __ ______ has levels which represent the dry weight of species in a food chain.
pyramid of biomass
A _____ __ ______ has levels which represent the number of each species in a food chain.
pyramid of numbers
Define the term POPULATION
A group of organisms of one species, living and interacting in the same area at the same time.
How is the relation between the BIRTH RATE and DEATH RATE when a population increases in size?
Birth rate > death rate
Define the term COMMUNITY
A group of different populations of different species in an ecosystem / Populations of different species
Name the 2 processes that ADD nitrates to the soil