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Symbiosis
Energy Flow
Cycles
Levels of Organization
Potpourri
100
Mutualism
What is the symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit?
100
If an owl eats a mouse that eats grass, what level consumer is the owl?
What is secondary consumer
100
Producers release this as a result of photosynthesis.
What is oxygen.
100
The smallest level of organization in an ecosystem is a single...
What is organism?
100
The study of where organisms live is called
What is ecology
200
What is the term that describes a symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is harmed?
What is parasitism?
200
A diagram that shows the amount of energy from one feeding level to another in a food web is called a
What is energy pyramid
200
To carry out photosynthesis, producers use the abiotic factors sunlight, carbon dioxide and what?
What is water?
200
30 gray wolves in a forest are an example of what level of organization in an ecosystem?
What is a population?
200
What do ecologists call a "living" factor that impacts an ecosystem?
What is "biotic"?
300
What term describes the symbiotic relationship in which one organisms benefits and the other is unaffected?
What is commensalism.
300
Black vultures, which feed on dead organisms, are called what?
What is a scavenger?
300
What cycle describes the relationship between animals and plants in terms of gas exchange?
What is the carbon dioxide/oxygen cycle?
300
All the different popultions that live together in an area are cllade what?
What is a community?
300
Counting the number of organisms in a small area and multiplying to estimate the number in a larger area is an example of what?
What is sampling?
400
A tape worm lives in the intestines of a grey wolf, feeding off nutrients the wolf consumes. This is an example of what?
What is parasitism.
400
What type of organism breaks down dead organisms and waste, returning nutrients to te environment?
What is a decomposer?
400
What gas do producers need in torder to carry out photosynthesis?
What is carbon dioxide
400
What term describes all the living populations in an area along with the nonliving parts of that environment?
What is an ecosystem?
400
The largest population that an environment can support is called its what?
What is carrying capacity?
500
An owl build its nest on the arm of a cactus. This is an example of what type of symbiosis?
What is commensalism?
500
At what level of the energy pyramid is the most available energy?
What is the producer level?
500
What single celled organisms release carbon dioxide gas as a result of decompostion?
What is yeast
500
List, in order, the levels of organization in an ecosystem.
What is organism, population, community, ecosystem
500
The struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources is called what?
What is competition?