Benthics
Rivers
Ecology
Energy
Urbanization
100
Name the benthic that is a parasite in Taxa 3 with suckers at both ends of its body
Leech
100
What is the term that describes the land surrounding a river that drains to a river.
Watershed
100
A _______________ is all of the species in one place at one time.
Community
100
Each level in a food chain contains less energy than the one below it because some energy is lost as ________.
Heat
100
Sediment entering a stream from steep banks or nearby construction is called ______________.
Erosion
200
Name this benthic:
Mayfly
200
Which type of pollution is easy to trace because the source can be easily identified?
Point Pollution
200
A tortoise is slow growing, has few offspring, and is long lived. What kind of strategist is she?
K-strategist
200
How much energy (percentage) passes from one trophic level to the next?
10%
200
_________________ is a measure of how deeply rocks and sediment are buried in soil.
Embeddedness
300
Name this benthic:
Scud
300
What is the term that describes the bottom type in a river or creek?
Substrate
300
A hurricane hit an island and eliminated an entire species of finch. This type of factor of population control is:
Density independent
300
Which type of energy pyramid shows the dry weight of the organisms in each trophic level
Biomass Pyramid
300
What type of surface does not absorb precipitation and contributes to runoff.
Impervious surfaces
400
Which benthic makes cases out of leaves and sticks. The ones we find are free-living and in Taxa 2.
Caddisfly
400
What is the term that describes the pollution tolerance of an organism?
Taxa
400
The size a population can grow to and stabilize at is determined by the __________________ of the environment.
Carrying capacity
400
What is the primary consumer in this image?
Grasshopper
400
True or False: Urbanization often leads to warming of rivers.
TRUE
500
What taxa 2 predator has a scoop-like lower jaw and no long tail appendages
Dragonfly
500
Slow moving waters, or pools, lack oxygen and are typically habitat for organisms in which taxa?
Taxa 3
500
All food chains and food webs start with ____________.
Producers
500
True or False: Arrows in a food web point in the direction that the energy flows
TRUE
500
Excess _____________ from fertilizers and farms causes algae blooms, which can lower oxygen levels.
nutrients