Earth's Sphere
Ecology
Misc Other
Energy Transfer
Relationships
100
Describe the Geosphere.
What is Land (earth’s core, mantle, mountains, sand, metals)?
100
Give an example of two abiotic factors.
What is anything non-living: soil, sun, temperature, pH, wind, rocks, humidity, water, air, salinity
100
“There were 4.2 inches of rainfall on Saturday” is which type of data?
What is Quantitative Data.
100
Where do Autotrophs get their energy?
What is the sun?
100
Describe the relationship where one animal is the food source for another.
What is Predator-Prey?
200
Describe the cryosphere.
What is the frozen part of the hydrosphere; glaciers & sea ice?
200
A group of organisms of the same species found in one area at a given time is a(n) _____.
What is a population?
200
Koalas are found in areas that have eucalyptus trees to support their limited diet. Are they specialists or generalists?
What is Specialists?
200
How much energy is transferred between trophic levels?
What is 10%?
200
Barnacles attach to the skin of whales. The barnacles are able to filter feed on a large abundance of plankton due to the fact that the whales are constantly moving. The whales are not caused any harm by the barnacles attachment. Define the relationship.
What is Commensalism?
300
Describe the Hydrosphere.
What is Water (oceans, lakes, rivers, groundwater, glaciers)?
300
What do you call the place where an organism lives?
What is a Habitat?
300
An autotroph and herbivore are shown in a food chain. Which organism would the arrow point to and what does the arrow show?
What is the arrow would point to the herbivore. It shows the transfer of energy from the autotroph to the herbivore.
300
Which of the organisms in the chart below is a producer?
What is the sunflower?
300
A vine climbs up a tree. It steals nutrients from the tree and blocks the tree’s sunlight. Define the type of relationship.
What is Parasitic?
400
Define the Atmosphere.
What is Air (oxygen, nitrogen, water vapor, ozone, wind)?
400
What is the difference in an animal’s fundamental and realized niche?
What is a fundamental niche is the role an organism can occupy without competition, and a realized niches is a smaller niche an organism occupies because of competition?
400
What type of energy is released from one trophic level to the next?
What is heat energy?
400
The organism in the chart below would have the smallest population.
What is the Hawk?
400
A bird cleans the teeth of a crocodile. The bird eats the parasites from the teeth while cleaning them. Define the relationship.
What is Mutualism?
500
Describe the Biosphere.
What is Life (plants, animals, insects, humans)?
500
An animal is hunted by a predator, killed, and then eaten immediately. Which type(s) of consumer(s) could have eaten it?
What is a carnivore or omnivore?
500
Why are decomposers and scavengers found all throughout the food chain?
What is they are found anywhere there are dead organisms?
500
How are food webs different from food chains?
What is food webs show overlapping food chains?
500
Describe 2 specific prey adaptations.
Camouflage – organisms blends into the environment
Batesian mimicry – a nontoxic organism mimics a toxic organism
Mullerian mimicry – two toxic organisms mocking each other
Chemical toxins – deters predators with spray or foul taste
Speed – outruns predators
Thanatosis – play dead to deter predators
Physical Structures – create a barrier
Warning calls – warns others that predators are near by
Mobbing / group behavior – groups of prey working together to attack a predator
Autotomy – casting off a body part when attacked