Ecology Definitions/Concepts
Pyramid
Food Webs
Human Impact
one community after another
Human Impact 2
100
The study of how organisms interact with the environment
Ecology
100
What is the original source of energy
Sun
100
Name 1 effect on web if grasshopppers decreased in nember
Many Answers
100
Name a negative effect of burning fossil Fuels
Many answers
100
Most Stable Community
Hardwood
100
Name 2 Fossil Fuels
Gas, Oil, Coal
200
Non Living
Abiotic
200
That type of organism (Vore) is a secondary consumer
Carnivore
200
What do arrows represent
Transfer of Energy
200
Name a negative effect from a hole in the ozone
Skin Cancer
200
Name this process
Ecological Succession
200
Name an alternate to Fossil Fuels
Wind, Sun, ....
300
The number of all the species living in an area
Community
300
How to you know if this pyramid is stable or unstable
It is Stable because it is in the correct pyramid form
300
Name missing component of the food web
Sun
300
Name of negative effect from climate change
ice caps melting, flooding, extreme storms, animals can't adapt and die
300
Why is each stage important
each stage puts nutrients in the soil so the next can grow
300
Negative and Positive to Nuclear Fuel
Radiation, Clean Energy
Many Answers
400
The number of organisms of any species that an ecosystem can support
Carrying Capacity
400
Why do you get less energy from eating a 3 consumer?
Energy is lost as heat due to metabolism at each feeding level
400
What is the role of decomposers
Recycle Nitrogen back into the soil
400
Name a gas that causes acid rain
Sulfer or Nitrogen
400
Name of the pioneer organism
Lichen
400
Negative and Positive of Fertilizers
Acid Rain or Algae Blooms
More crops
500
Name 2 materials that are recyled in nature
Oxygen, Nitrogen, Water
500
The term for chemical get more concentrated as it moves up the food chain
Biological Magnification
500
A relationship where one organism benefits and nothing happens to other
Commensalism
500
The term for using a pheromone or bringing in a natural predator
Biological Control
500
Biome of NYS
Temperate Deciduous Forest
500
Name 1 invasive species and why is it harmful
zebra mussel. Gypsy Moth
it disrupts the wood web