Trees
What is the green layer on the inside of an Aspen?
This green layer is there so that the Aspen can photosynthesize during the winter when they have no leaves.
What is a general term for natural relationships between organisms?
Symbiosis is a term used to describe the natural relationships between organisms to help them survive and reproduce.
What is Habitat Destruction?
Habitat Destruction is the destruction of a habitat, either naturally or artificially (humans and/or invasive species).
What is the second Trophic Level?
The second Trophic Level would be the second organism in the matching Food Chain/Web, so the second Trophic Level would be the Primary Consumer, the first consumer in the Food Chain/Web.
What would be an example of Commensalism?
A bird in Africa eats the bugs out of the hippos ears.
Which tree gives off natural sunscreen?
Aspen.
This chase would be an example of Predation.
What is a Habitat?
A Habitat is a place that meets certain needs so that the animals that live there can thrive inside of it.
What is the first Trophic Level?
The first Trophic Level is the producers in an Ecosystem. This is because they are the beginning of energy in an Ecosystem.
What type of Symbiotic relationship would a mosquito biting a moose be?
A mosquito biting a moose would be an example of Parasitism.
What SPF does the natural sunscreen from a certain tree give off?
4 SPF.
What type of Symbiosis is where on species is harmed and the other benefits?
This is an example of a Parasitism.
What is a Biotic Factor?
A Biotic Factor is a factor of the Ecosystem that is living or was living.
What is a Trophic Pyramid?
A Trophic Pyramid is a type of Food Chain/Web that shows the flow of energy like a hierarchy. The lowest level would be the start of the food chain, the second would be the second organism in the food chain, and so on.
Is a Strangler Trees actions an example of a Symbiotic relationship? And if so, what type?
Since a Strangler Tree encircles its host tree and eventually kills it, this is a Parasitism and a Symbiotic relationship.
Where would you find an Alpine tree?
You would find an Alpine tree at the very point where the treeline stops.
What type of Symbiosis is where both species benefit?
This is an example of a Mutualism.
What is an Abiotic Factor?
An Abiotic Factor is a factor of the Ecosystem that isn't living and never was living. Dead animals were living at one point, so they are not Abiotic.
Would the second Trophic Level, if not an omnivore, be a carnivore or an herbivore?
The second level of the Trophic Pyramid is the Primary Consumers, which are the herbivores because they only eat the producers.
Is a dead animal an example of an Abiotic Factor?
No. A dead animal is not an example of an Abiotic Factor because it was a living thing at a point in its existence.
What does ASCAR stand for?
Alpine
Sage Brush
Coniferous
Aspen
Riparian
What type of Symbiosis is where on organism benefits but the other is unaffected?
This is an example of a Commensalism.
What is a Food Web/Food Chain (Give a detailed explanation)?
A Food Web/Chain is a graph showing the direction that energy travels from one organism to the other using arrows and pictures of animals to show how energy would flow through an ecosystem.
What is the scientific term used to discuss the 4th level of the Trophic Pyramid?
The 4th level of the Trophic Pyramid would be the second-to-last consumers in the Pyramid, and are scientifically discussed as Tertiary Consumers.
What is an animal that eats any photosynthesis-capable organism called?
This organism would be called a consumer.