Ecology Scavenger Hunt
By: Alex Freeman and Maya Gardner 6th period
Biotic
Living organisms
Abiotic
Non-living things
Autotroph
Organisms that can produce their own food
Hetero- troph
Organisms that gets food from another source
Current Weather
Weather outside, rain, wind, hot, cold, etc...
Nitrogen Cycle
the series of processes by which nitrogen and its compounds are interconverted in the environment and in living organisms, including nitrogen fixation and decomposition.
Mutualism
Both organisms benefit
Commen- salism
One benefits, the other is unharmed
Parasitism
One organism benefits, the other is harmed
Carbon cycle
the series of processes by which carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment, chiefly involving the incorporation of carbon dioxide into living tissue by photosynthesis and its return to the atmosphere through respiration, the decay of dead organisms, and the burning of fossil fuels.
Water Cycle
the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration.
Phosphorus Cycle
Cycle that describes the movement of phosphorus through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere
Food Chain
series of organism each dependent on the next as a food