Ecology Recap

6. The various populations in a community live __________.
8. This group of organisms obtains energy from breaking down dead organisms
11. The percentage of energy lost as it is transferred from one trophic level to the next trophic level.
12. There are three ecological pyramids: the pyramid of numbers, the pyramid of energy and the pyramid of __________.
13. The environment is made of abiotic and __________ components.
14. Energy is passed from one trophic level to another via this process.

1. This group of organisms convert light energy from the Sun into chemical energy.
2. Energy is released as __________ as it flows through the environment.
3. The main energy source in the ecosystem.
4. A process in which carbon from living things are released into the environment.
5. A food web is made of __________ food chains.
7. A community together with its abiotic environment
9. Animals that feed on plants are __________ consumers.
10. The study of interactions of organisms with one another, as well as with their environment.