Biomes
Energy
Changing Environment
Symbiotic Relationships
Population Ecology
100
Nonliving components of an ecosystem
Abiotic factors
100
An example of a food chain in this food web
Answers will vary
100
Reasons why an animal might migrate.
in search of food, better conditions, or for reproductive needs
100
Ticks on a deer is an example of this type of relationship.
Parasitism
100
The definition of carrying capacity.
The maximum population size that a specific area can support over a long period of time.
200
The definition of a biome
An area classified according to the species that live there.
200
The percentage of energy that is passed from one trophic level to another.
10%
200
The difference between acclimation and adaptation.
Adaptation is a long-term permanent adjustment, whereas acclimation is a short-term temporary adjustment.
200
The definition of symbiosis
Any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two organisms of different species.
200
A reason why organisms might display uniform dispersion.
Defense of surroundings (territorial behaviors)
300
The percentage of salt content in a freshwater biome
Less than 1%
300
Three different types of consumers.
Herbivore, carnivore, omnivore
300
Salmon adjusting to different salinity levels as they migrate from saltwater to freshwater is an example of this.
Acclimation
300
Birds making their nests in trees is an example of this type of relationship.
Commensalism.
300
An example of a density-dependent limiting factor.
Predation, disease, competition, parasitism (often biotic factors)
400
The difference between climate and weather.
Weather reflects short-term conditions of the atmosphere while climate is the average daily weather for an extended period of time at a certain location.
400
The difference between a habitat and a niche.
A habitat is where the organism lives, a niche is the organism's role within the ecosystem.
400
Hibernation is a type of this.
Dormancy
400
The "signs" in a competition relationship.
(-,-)
400
An example of a density-independent limiting factor.
Climate, pollution, fires, floods (often abiotic factors)
500
The four types of terrestrial biomes we discussed in class.
Forest, grassland, tundra, desert
500
The levels of ecological organization listed from smallest to largest.
organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
500
The difference between a conformer and a regulator.
Conformers depend upon the changes in their external environment, whereas regulators can control their internal environment regardless of their external surroundings.
500
The "signs" in a commensalism relationship.
(+,0)
500
An equation that shows the growth rate of a population.
Birth rate - death rate = growth rate