Succession
What are the two types of succession?
Primary and secondary succession
Where does all energy come from?
The sun
Both organisms benefits
Mutualism
Biodiversity
Variety of species in an ecosystem
When a population goes over carrying capacity…
death rates increase
What is the typical pioneer species?
Lichen
What level on the tropic pyramid has the most energy?
Producers
One benefits while the other doesn’t care
Commensalism
Carrying Capacity
The max capacity of inhabitants the environment can sustain
What keeps nutrients and energy cycling through the ecosystem?
Decomposers
Explain the difference between Primary and Secondary succession?
Primary takes place in lifeless and barren new lands that starts from the beginning while secondary life returns after it is severely disrupte
How much energy can be passed up to each trophic level?
10%
A polar bear that eats seals is an example of which type of relationship?
Predation
Keystone Species
A species that has a disproportionately large impact on a ecosystem
What’s the difference between an herbivore, omnivore and a carnivore?
Herbivore- eats plants
Omnivore- eats both
Carnivore- eats meat
What do Lichens do?
They break down rock and turn it to soil
The primary consumer levels are typical made out of organisms that are…
Herbivores
Sea anemones uses clownfish waste as nutrients while clownfish gets shelter which type of relationship is this?
Multalism
Limiting Factors
Abiotic and biotic factors that limits population growth
What organisms are the ecosystem’s greatest decomposers?
bacteria and fungi
What is the correct order of species arrival in ecological succession.
Lichens>Grass>Shrub>Trees
If the starting energy is 200,000 how much energy will be left at the tertiary consumer?
200
Dogs gets irritated when ticks sucks it’s blood this is an example of which type of relationship?
Parasitism
Trophic Cascade
A chain of reaction in an ecosystem caused by changes in one tropic level
When a fertilizer and a storm is shown what type of cycle is it?
Nitrogen Cycle