Symbiosis
What is Symbiosis?
Relationships between organisms that live in the same area.
What is Ecology?
Ecology is the study of the relationships between living organisms and their surroundings (non living).
What is a producer?
Producers are living things that create their own food.
Photosynthesis is a process performed by what type of organism?
Plants
Where does all of the energy on the earth come from?
The Sun
Give an example of a parasitic relationship.
Ticks, tapeworms, beetle on plants, etc.
How much energy is passed from one level in the energy pyramid to another?
10%
Are plants the ONLY producers, true or false?
False, some bacteria can also be producers.
Name the trophic level occupied by plants.
Primary Producers
Name any Biome.
(Any other)
What is a mutualistic relationship?
When both organisms benefit from the relationship.
What is the chart that shows a linear relationship of energy flowing in an ecosystem?
What can be a consumer?
Any animal could be a consumer.
Chloroplast
What do the arrows represent in a food chain/web?
The arrows show the MOVEMENT OF ENERGY between organisms.
Barnacles living on the sides of whales is an example of commensalism. True/False
True
What do you call a scientist that studies ecology?
You would call them a ecologist.
The answer is both.
What is the waste product in the Photosynthesis reaction?
What is the diagram that shows the complex energy flow within an ecosystem?
food web
What kind of relationship would clown fish and sea anemone be?
Mutualism
What is the main purpose of ecology?
The main purpose of ecology is to understand the relationship between living organisms and where they're living.
How do decomposers help the ecosystem?
Decomposers help the ecosystem by eating the dead plants and animals and they keep track of the flow of nutrients.
Identify the Photosynthesis reaction (word or symbol equation).
Carbon Dioxide + Water --Sunlight--> Glucose + Oxygen
Which biome contains these animals: jaguar, sloth, green python, poison dart frogs
tropical rainforest