Vocabulary
They are large scale ecosystems. They are determined by the areas climate, vegetation and animal life. They are affected by latitude, air pressure and winds. We learned about 6 of these in class!
What is a Biome?
The source of energy on Earth comes from where?
What is the Sun?
There are this many Biomes.
What is 6?
If the population of zebras at a single watering hole doubles in one year, what will happen to the level of competition for water?
In this type of relationship, both organisms benefit, like a bee pollinating a flower while getting nectar.
What is mutualism
These are the areas where living organisms and non-living components live together and interact.
They are the part of the energy pyramid that allow for energy to flow to the consumers.
This Biome is known for getting small amounts of rain (less than 10in per year) and it is very dry/desolate.
What is a dessert?
If a new species of hawk moves into a field and eats the same mice as the local owls, how does this affect the owl population's food supply?
The food supply decreases (competition increases).
In this relationship, one organism benefits while the other is harmed, like a tick drinking blood from a dog.
What is Parasitism?
This term describes a single living thing that can carry out life processes on its own.
What is an organism?
What is tertiary consumers?
Only a few organisms, plants, and animals are able to inhabit this biome due to it's lack of food and water.
What is the tundra?
In a Grassland biome, if a massive wildfire destroys half the grass, what will happen to the competition between the herbivores (like bison or grasshoppers)?
It will increase because the resource (food) became limited.
This type of relationship occurs when one organism benefits and the other is unaffected (not helped or hurt).
Commensalism
This is a group of the same species living in the same area at the same time.
What is a population?
This part of an ecosystem/energy pyramid are responsible for breaking down dead organisms.
What are decomposers?
This biome is often called a "Cold Desert" because it gets very little rain and has a layer of permanently frozen soil called permafrost.
What is the Tundra?
If a group of lions successfully drives away all the hyenas from a buffalo carcass, which group "won" the competition for that resource?
The Lions.
Remora fish attach to sharks to eat leftover scraps. The shark isn't bothered, and the fish gets a free meal. Name this relationship.
Commensalism
This is the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment.
What is Ecology?
Only a small amount of energy moving on to the next trophic level refers to this rule.
The 10% rule
This biome contains high biodiversity and depends on rain to thrive.
A drought hits the Savannah, causing many water holes to dry up. Predict what will happen to the distance animals must travel and the competition at the remaining water holes.
They must travel further, and competition will be much more intense/violent.
Oxpecker birds eat ticks off the backs of rhinos. The bird gets food, and the rhino gets rid of pests. Name this relationship.
Mutualism