General Knowledge
True or False: All members of a species are identical.
False
How many species benefit in a mutualistic relationship?
Both
The term describing the ROLE an organism plays in its ecosystem.
Niche
List 3 factors that are involved in describing a organism's niche. (many correct answers)
Will vary
An adaptation is anything that...
Helps an organism survive in its environment
Identify: An invasive bacteria makes you sick when ingested into your stomach. The bacteria gains a safe place to reproduce.
Parasitic Relationship
This term describes a niche of a consumer that only eats other consumers.
Carnivore
This Niche is described as an organism that has MANY different options to find food and survive.
Generalist
Two birds of paradise showing off their plummage to win the same female is an example of which type of competition?
Intraspecies Competition
Identify: Lichen grows on the bark of trees. The Lichen gains a sturdy home. The trees remain unchanged.
Commensalism
The differences between members of the SAME species is called...
Variations
This niche is described as an organism that is excellent in finding ONE source of food.
Specialist
Identify an example of an ABITOIC factor in an environment.
Many
Identify: The remora fish eats small infections from the shark's hide. The shark gets a clean, the remora gets a meal.
Mutualism
A type of adaptation possessed by an animal that describes what the animal DOES...
Behavioral adaptation
We tend to find specialist Niches in this Biome, near the equator.
Rainforest
A species is defined as a group of organisms that have similar traits and can...
Reproduce fertile offspring
A cow moves through a field of grass, disturbing many insects as it does. The Egret bird then eats the panicked bugs. The cow continues walking, unphased.
Commensalism
The concept that only the organisms most FIT to survive their environment will live to pass on their genetic information.
Natural Selection
Which of the following does NOT have a generalist Niche: Raccoon, Seaweed, Clownfish, Seagull
Clownfish