Terrestrial Ecosystems
What is the coldest ecosystem/biome?
Tundra
What type of aquatic ecosystem are rivers, lakes and ponds?
Freshwater
What are the 5 (total) types of symbiotic relationships + competitive relationships?
mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, intraspecific and interspecific.
What are the three types of symbiotic relationships?
Mutualism, commensalism and parasitism.
What is the smallest biome in the world?
Tundra
Name 3 terrestrial ecosystems/biomes found in the United States.
Grasslands, deciduous forest, temperate rainforest, tundra, deserts, coniferous forest, tropical rainforest, Mediterranean scrub, etc...
What type of aquatic ecosystem are oceans and seas?
Marine/Saltwater
Describe competitive relationships.
When organisms compete with each other to survive.
What is an intraspecific competition, and give an example.
Competition between the same species, for food, water access, shelter, mates, territory, etc.
What biome would be very hot but also very humid?
Rainforests
*DAILY DOUBLE* What is the SECOND largest rainforest in the world?
Congo rainforest
What animals can be found in oceans and seas? (Give 5 SPECIFIC NAMES)
Whale shark, bottlenose dolphin, clownfish, blue tang, orca, great white shark, giant octopus, horseshoe crab, etc.
Commensalistic
What type of relationship is this?
A flea bites a dog to feed on it’s blood. The flea benefits but harms the dog.
Parasitism, symbiotic relationship
What is the source of all energy found in Earth's biosphere?
The Sun
What is the largest land biome on earth?
Taiga/boreal forest
Give an example of an interspecific competitive relationship in the marine ecosystem.
Eels and groupers
Swordfish and dolphins
etc.
Commensalism & Parasitism
What type of symbiotic relationship benefits each organism? For example, the relationship of bees and flowers.
Mutualism
What 2 factors are most important when it comes to terrestrial biomes?
Temperature and humidity
What is the SECOND largest *hot* desert in the world?
Arabian desert
Name a producer that is not reliant on photosynthesis that lives in the ocean.
Tubeworms around hydrothermal vents.
What are autotrophs and heterotrophs?
Autotrophs make their own food (producers/plants) and heterotrophs consume other things to survive (consumers/animals).
What is the difference between interspecific and intraspecific competition?
Interspecific is different organisms
Intraspecific is the same organism
How much energy is transferred at each level of the trophic pyramid?
10%