Ecology Community interactions
What would happen if… All the trees in the Amazon were cut down? All the polar bears in the Arctic died? The temperature of the Earth increased by 5 degrees?
Ecology The branch of the biology that deals _________________________________________ _________________________________________ Population Community Ecosystem Biosphere
Factors that affect the environment Abiotic Biotic
Niche _______________________________________ how it meets its needs for food and shelter how it survives how it reproduces
Producer
Primary consumer
Secondary consumer
Decomposer
Energy flow through an ecosystem ENERGY FLOWS THROUGH IN ECOSYSTEM __________________________ Show this with a
Laws of Thermodynamics 1 st law Law of Conservation of Energy 2 nd law
How much energy is passed from one trophic level to the next?