Ecology 1
List the levels of the ecosystem from smallest to largest.
Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, and biosphere.
Name the type of consumer that eats plants and animals.
Omnivore
Give an example of a DECOMPOSER.
Fungi, Mushroom, bacteria, etc.
What do all the letters in PEMDAS stand for?
Parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction.
Which biome houses the largest number of species?
The Tropical Rainforest
What's the difference between biotic and abiotic factors?
Biotic = living and once living
Abiotic = nonliving
Describe how population density affects organisms.
When population density is really high, resources are more strained.
Grass is a ______ because it makes its own energy source.
Producer
What is the name of Tessa's Squirrel?
Tito
Why don’t grasslands have any trees?
They can’t support tree life because of the dry conditions!
What are 4 limiting factors?
Water, Sunlight, food, and living space
If penguins lay 1 egg a year, and robvins lay 5-10 eggs a year, which animal has a higher BIOTIC POTENTIAL?
The Robin
Give 1 example of Mutualism (Win-win).
For Example: oxpecker eats the ticks on zebras
The concept of lift is when more air is flowing beneath a wing than above, true or false?
True
The ______ is the biome just south of the tundra, home to coniferous forests (evergreens).
Taiga
How do organisms avoid competing for the same limiting factors?
They find their own NICHE, or role in the community.
Name the world’s largest ecosystem!!!
THE BIOSPHERE
Which consumer eats other consumers?
Carnivore
Explain the Fujiwhara Effect!
When two storms form a big storm circling around a central point!
Which type of forests lose their leaves in the fall, Deciduous or Coniferous?
Deciduous
What is the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?
The carrying capacity is the LARGEST population that an ecosystem can support.
What is the FIRST name of the evil man that introduced STARLINGS to the U.S.
EUGENE
Name the 3 types of Symbiosis.
Mutualism (win-win)
Commensalism (win-meh)
Parasitism (win-boo)
Propellers move air from ______ to ________.
Above to below
The majority of saltwater and freshwater organisms live near the _______ of lakes or oceans. (Think of what the sunlight hits).
Surface