Symbiotic Relationships
Trophic Structures
Diversity
Disturbance
Pathogens
100
An interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association
What is Symbiosis?
100
The first level of any trophic level are _______ and produce energy through_____
What are producers and photosynthesis?
100
The idea that moderate levels of disturbance contribute to greater species diversity
What is the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis?
100
The _______ and _______ of an island affect the species richness on that island.
What are the size and distance from the mainland?
100
Pathogens cause
What is disease?
200
The relationship between a tapeworm and a dog
What is parasitism?
200
Herbivores are classified as ______ consumers
What is primary?
200
The _______ and _______ of a species affect the diversity within communities.
What are numbers and relative abundance?
200
Images 2-5 can be considered __________
What is Secondary Succession?
200
Pathogens affect oceanic ecosystems, terrestrial ecosystems and ______
What is humans?
300
A hermit crab taking up residence in an empty seashell fall under this symbiotic relationship
What is commensalism?
300
As energy moves up the pyramid ___% is lost as ____ energy.
What are 90% and heat?
300
Two things commonly found in a highly diverse community are
What are high productivity, ability to withstand and recover environmental stresses, high biomass productivity, higher resistance to invasive species, etc.?
300
An 800-acre plot of land was found to have over 50 species of ants while a 200-acre of land had only 25 this falls under the __________ pattern of species richness.
What is the Species-Area Curve?
300
Example of disease caused by pathogen used in the powerpoint
What is Swine Flu?
400
The gut flora (bacteria) which live in the human gut and humans have a __________ relationship
What is Mutualism or Commensalism?
400
Consider a food web with the tertiary consumer being an otter. A decrease in the otter population causes an increase in the secondary consumers' population. This is classified as a ______ control system.
What is a Top-Down Control system?
400
Size and distance from mainland affect rates. Small: _____ immigration, _____ extinction. Closer islands have _____ immigration, _____ extinction.
What is lower, higher; higher, lower?
400
List at least 4 human activities that disturb the diversity of an ecosystem
What are overfishing, agricultural practices, genetic modifications, clear-cutting, mining, deforestation, etc.
400
Viroids and prions are infectious ________ and ______, respectively
What is RNA molecules and proteins?
500
Predation and mutualism both differ in their effects on species because
What is predation only benefits the predator while the prey is hurt (+/-) and mutualism benefits both (+/+)?
500
Secondary consumers on a 5 level pyramid receive ___% of energy.
What is 1%?
500
Two factors that would explain why species diversity is greater in tropical regions are
What are tropical regions have had a long time to evolve, large solar energy inputs, larger water availability, and large amount of precipitation?
500
High and levels of disturbance reduce species diversity by
What is kill off many of the species and leave behind few tolerant?
500
A disease-causing agent that is transmitted to humans from other animals
What is Zoonotic Pathogens?