Environmental Science Midterm Review

Energy that is collected from resources that are naturally replenished, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat.

Coal.

A graphical representation of the food chain that shows the relationship between different trophic levels in an ecosystem.

A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

A complex network of feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem.

Each step in a food chain or food web, representing the flow of energy and nutrients.

Producers, such as plants and algae, which create energy through photosynthesis.

Grass, mouse, snake, eagle.

Non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms.

Starfish.