What is the smallest level of ecological organization?
Organism/Individual
The sun
What type of organism is found on the bottom of the energy pyramid?
Producer
A community is all the......??
biotic factors, living things, all the populations
Population
Which level of ecological organization contains all the different populations in the ecosystem
Community
What do the arrows represent in a food chain or food web?
Energy Flow
Energy _____________ as it is transferred up the energy pyramid. ( increases or decreases)
decreases
When one organism is helped but the other is neutral.
Commensalism
When all the organisms of a population travel in groups and stay close together what type of dispersion is presented?
Clumped
Rocks, Sunlight, water, wind.... What do these examples represent?
Abiotic factors
Grass --> raccoon --> Fox --> Coyote
Which organism is the secondary consumer?
fox
If a producer contains 32,000 kcals how many kcals would the secondary consumer gain?
320
A clown fish lives in a sea anemone. The sea anemone provides shelter for the fish. The clown fish provides nutrients to the anemone. What type of symbiosis is this?
Mutualism
A species of mouse has large litter sizes, has a short lifespan, and does not spend much time or effort raising their offspring. R or K strategist?
R strategist
A colony of ants live outside of the 9gc. What level of ecological organization is this an example of?
Population
What type of organism breaks down the decaying matter in an ecosystem?
decomposer
Draw an energy pyramid using the following food chain
Blackberries --> squirrel --> fox --> eagle
Draw the pyramid
A beaver works tirelessly to build homes on rivers using trees they chop down with their large front teeth. These homes also provide shelter for other organisms. This roll of the beaver is known as the beavers ____________?
niche
A habitat in north georgia is known to only be able to sustain a population of 175 raccoons successfully. What is the term used to describe this population limit?
Carrying Capacity
See the picture for this question. List factors that belong to the ecosystem.
must list biotic and abiotic factors.
Identify the primary consumers in the food web
Grasshopper, butterfly, fruit fly
Draw a pyramid. Label producer/consumers, trophic levels, and transfer this amount of energy from producers. 48,789
draw it
Biomagnification.
Dependent: Producer population as a food source
Independent: Storm