Levels Of Organization
The largest Ecological Level
Biosphere
Symbiosis is
The close relationship between two different species
The maximum population and environment can support is the ...
Carrying Capacity
Describe what a food chain shows.
Direction of Energy into the one eating the other.
An Autotroph and a Producer are synonyms. What makes an organism an autotroph?
They make their own food
The Smallest Ecological Level
Both of us benefit, we have this kind of relationship.
Mutualism
A forest has 500 deer. Throughout the year: 120 deer are born, 85 deer die, 40 deer immigrate, and 55 deer emigrate. What is the new population or deer in the forest?
520 deer
A trophic level is
The place in the food chain an organism falls
Ecology is the study of what?
The interactions amoung organisms and betweeen organisms and their environment.
List all Ecological levels that are just BIOTIC factors
Organism/individual, Population, Community
I benefit but I harm others, what am I?
An island starts with 80 inhabitants. During a year: 50 people move to the island, 20 people leave the island, 30 babies are born, and 10 people die.
What is the island’s new population?
130 people
The amount of energy that moves up each step of the pyramid
10%
A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains make
A food web
The first ecological level to include abiotic factors
Ecosystem
I benefit but I don't affect anyone else. We have this kind of relationship?
What type of graph is shown when a ecosystem reaches the carrying capacity?
S curve or Logistic
The source of ALL the energy in an ecosystem
What is The Sun?
What is another word that means consumer?
Heterotroph
List all ecological levels in order from largest to smallest
Biosphere, Biome, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Organism/Individual
Give me a natural example of parasitism
Varied Answers will be accepted
A bird colony begins with 1,000 birds in June of 2025. During the year, 300 chicks hatch, 150 birds die, 750 birds migrate for the winter and 125 birds leave for another colony.
What is the bird population in June of 2026?
1,025 birds
If a rabbit needs 600 units of energy a day, a blade of grass is 10 units of energy, and a hawk eats 5 rabbits a day, how much energy does a hawk get each day?
300 Units of Energy.
Organisms that eat both producers and consumers are called
Omnivores