Ecology Part 1

3. The disease that caused a dramatic decline in the buffalo population.
7. The loss of 90% of energy rule.
9. organisms that break down dead organic matter.
11. An animal that feeds on flesh.
14. A non-living part of an ecosystem.
16. When a graph shows a S-like line its a
17. Producer, primary,secondary, tertiary, and Quaternary consumers make up the
19. When a graph shows a J-like line its a
20. The mass or weight of living tissue.

1. Gets its energy from the sun.
2. eater of the producer.
4. Plant and animal eaters.
5. shows the decrease in energy as more animals eat.
6. Anything that constrains a populations size and slows or stops it from growing.
8. when energy is relocated from 1 system to the other.
10. The max number of animals in one environment/space
12. A Community of organisms in one physical environment.
13. Tells what animals eat each other in a ecosystems.
15. A living component of an ecosystem
18. Plant eaters.