The entire earth is considered this in terms of the levels of ecology
What is biosphere
100
Organisms that can make their own food using sunlight or other sources are known as this
What is autotroph
100
Short-term change (day-to-day) in the atmospheric conditions is known as this
What is weather
100
A musk ox grazes on moss. What is this an example of?
What is herbivory
100
This is one way individuals are removed from a population
What is emigration or death
200
This is the correct order of complexity levels for ecology
What is individual, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere
200
An organism that returns nutrients back to the ecosystem by using nutrients from dead organisms is considered to be this
What is decomposer
200
The north sides of trees are typically cooler than the south sides of trees. Moss and lichen are best able to grown on the north side because of its unique temperature compared to the surrounding area. What is this north side considered to be?
What is microclimate
200
In southern California, sea otters have become locally extinct, and the community has seen the local extinction of numerous other species because of this loss. The sea otter is likely this type of species.
What is keystone
200
Dandelion seeds move by the aid of the wind. They land wherever they happen to and some of them germinate. What type of dispersion is this?
What is random
300
This is an example of an abiotic factor
What is air temperature, water temperature, salinity, pH of water, pH of soil, light intensity, light radiation, precipitation levels, etc.
300
These are the organisms that eat primary producers
What is primary consumers.
300
Incoming light is able to be reflected by the earth, but solar radiation is trapped. This describes this effect.
What is Greenhouse effect
300
A barnacle benefits by being on a whale to gain nutrients from the water column. The whale is not harmed nor does it benefit. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?
What is mutualism, commensalism, parasitism
300
This is when you can have exponential growth
What is unlimited resources, no disease, no predators
400
This is an example of a biotic factor
What is anything alive that is interacting with another living organism
400
Plants have converted 1000 J of energy from sunlight. How much will be passed on to the primary producers?
What is 100 J
400
When two species occupy the same niche, they may start using different parts of their ecosystem differently. This describes which concept?
What is resource partitioning
400
Yellowstone is experiencing a massive fire. The fire burns through the undergrowth, but there are still seeds and microorganisms left intact in the soil. This is an example of what type of succession?
What is secondary succession
400
There were 20 black bears that were able to be supported in 2010 in Washington County. In 2012, 30 bears were supported. In 2014, 10 bears were supported. This is describing what term?
What is carrying capacity.
500
A coyote pack is roaming through Woodbury. What are two abiotic factors and two biotic factors that the coyote would be dealing with?
What is air temperature, humidity levels. Prey availability, competition with domesticated dogs. Etc.
500
This is where the greatest level of biomass is found in terms of the food pyramid
What is primary producers
500
These are the three factors that can define a niche for a particular organism.
What is physical factors, biotic/biological factors, resources.
500
When a community reaches a mature stage, it is considered to be this type of community
What is climax community
500
These are two examples of density-independent factors and two examples of density-dependent factors.
What is fire, tornado, any other disaster for density-independent. Disease, predation, competition for density-dependent factors.