Organization of Ecology
What is the highest level of organization in ecology?
biosphere
Term describing the study of life and the environment
ecology.
Give one example of an autotroph and one example of a heterotroph.
Autotroph: Plants
Heterotroph: Animals, insects, bacteria, fungi
What does the arrow show in a food chain/web?
Direction of energy flow
What organisms form the plant "internet?"
Fungi
All of the same species that live in an area
population
An organism that can produce its own food
autotroph or producer
Draw a food chain
Grass
Rabbit eats grass
Raccoon eats rabbit
Wolf eats raccoon
Grass --> Rabbit --> Raccoon --> Wolf
What is the first organism in a food chain?
Producer
What was the prey in the Battle at Kruger video?
Water buffalo
All of the biotic factors in an area is known as a...
community
What type of organism eats only meat?
carnivore
Bush --> Deer --> Fox --> Coyote
What is the tertiary consumer
Coyote
Which is more useful in describing an ecosystem, a food chain or food web?
Food web
When were wolves reintroduced to Yellowstone?
1995
Which level of organization includes biotic and abiotic factors?
ecosystem
A raccoon is an omnivore. What does that mean?
Eats other consumers and producers.
bush --> deer --> Fox --> coyote
If the deer passes 13,000 kCal of energy to the fox, how many kCal will the coyote gain from the fox?
1300
What is it called when the apex predator is removed from an ecosystem?
Trophic cascade
Which organism was mostly responsible for the damage of the rivers in Yellowstone?
Elk
Which level of organization contains only one?
Individual
What are the levels called on the pyramid?
Trophic levels
Bush --> Deer --> Fox --> Coyote
Place this food chain in an energy pyramid. Label the consumers and producer.
Draw on board
Why are the producers on the bottom of the trophic pyramid?
They have more energy.
What is the name/acronym of the plant "internet?"
MCN