Test Prep
What is a biotic factor? Provide an example.
Something that is living, was living, or can live in the future.
Example: humans, fish, trees
List all tertiary consumers at Mono Lake.
Coyote.
What is an abiotic factor? Please provide an example.
Something that is not living, was never living, and can never live.
Example: Rock, Water, Sunlight
What is the difference between a population and a community?
Population is a collection of one species and a community is a collection of multiple populations, meaning multiple species.
Where is Mono Lake?
California
Define salinity.
Amount of salt in a solution.
The 10% rule says...
Only 10% of energy gets transferred between the trophic levels.
What is the maximum amount of trophic levels that can happen in a food web?
5
What is a tufa tower?
Tower made of CaCO3 that forms at Mono Lake
Who won the 2022 super bowl?
LA Rams
Please provide the two most important changes when going from a community to an ecosystem.
2. Addition of abiotic factors
What is chlorophyll?
Green pigment where photosynthesis occurs.
What are the ingredients for raw sap?
Water, CO2, chlorophyll (minerals too)
What do secondary consumers eat?
Primary consumers and maybe some producers
What is the 3rds basketball record currently? (12 games played)
4-7-1
What is the difference between elaborated and raw sap?
Raw sap is the raw materials and elaborated sap is the sugary food that is produced from photosynthesis.
What is the role of a decomposer?
To break down dead plants and animals then recycle the biotic factors back into the food web as abiotic nutrients.
Define the term innate.
An action or response that happens instinctually, without thought.
Define biomass
The energy stored in a living organism.
What did the graham crackers represent in our most recent lab?
Tectonic Plates
What are ecosystem services?
Any positive benefit that humans get from animals and ecosystems
The tiny pores on the bottom side of leaves are called
Stomata
Name 2 of the 3 reasons why energy is lost when moving between the trophic levels.
1) Can't digest and is excreted as waste
2) Breathing
3) Natural death
Provide an example of a symbiotic relationship and describe how it is symbiotic.
What is the scientist who studies earthquakes called?
Seismologist.