Vocabulary
Symbiotic Relationships
General Knowledge
Adaptations
Food Chains/Webs
100
All the living and nonliving things in an environment, including their interactions with each other
Ecosystem
100
Barnacles grow on the back of a whale. They gain a home and the whale is not hurt. This is an example of...
Commensalism
100
What are some abiotic factors you would find in an ecosystem?
Rocks, air, soil, water
100
What happens if an organism is not best adapted to their environment?
They will die.
100
This is an example of a:
A. Food Chain
B. Food Web
B. Food Web
200
A characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment
Adaptation
200
The relationship between a tapeworm and a human can best be described as:
A. Parasitism
B. Commensalism
C. Mutualism
A. Parasitism
200
What is the difference between a decomposer and a scavenger?
Decomposers break down dead plants and animals. Scavengers eat dead organisms.
200
What adaptations do cacti have that allow them to survive in a hot, dry climate?
Thick, waxy stems
200
This is an example of a:
A. Food Chain
B. Food Web
A. Food Chain
300
All the living things in an ecosystem
Community
300
A relationship between two organisms where both of them benefit is also known as...
Mutualism
300
What are the four basic requirements for a good habitat?
Water, space, food, shelter
300
Which of the following is a structural adaptation?
A. Bears hibernating in winter
B. Foxes developing thick winter coats
C. Geese flying south for the winter
D. Wolves hunting in packs
B. Foxes developing thick winter coats
300
In this food web, what would happen if there was a fire and all of the grass died?
The animals that eat the grass would slowly die off or leave to find food elsewhere. Since the primary consumers either died or left, you might see the populations of secondary consumers start to dwindle as well.
400
Anything that controls the growth or survival
of a population
Limiting Factor
400
This is a type of symbiosis in which one organism benefits and the other organism is neither benefited nor harmed.
Commensalism
400
What are the differences between an herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore?
Herbivore: eats plants
Carnivore: eats meat (animals)
Omnivore: eats plants and meat (animals)
400
Which of the following is an example of protective resemblance?
A. The king snake looking like a coral snake
B. A butterfly that looks like the poisonous monarch butterfly
C. A stick bug blending in with a branch
C. A stick bug blending in with a branch
400
In this food chain, what would happen if there was an infestation of grasshoppers and the ecosystem was overpopulated with grasshoppers?
There would not be enough grass to support that population (limiting factor) and the grasshoppers would slowly die until the population was back to normal.
500
The path that energy and nutrients follow in
an ecosystem
Food Chain
500
A mosquito and a human's relationship can best be described as...
Parasitism
500
If there were a drought in a pond and the water decreased what would happen to the fish population in the pond?
The fish would be impacted and the population would decrease
500
What is an example of mimicry?
Example answers: The king snake that looks like a coral snake. A butterfly that looks like the poisonous monarch butterfly.
500
Why are invasive species so harmful?
They do not belong in that ecosystem and can disrupt food chains. They can cause more competition and cause populations to die off because they are not well adapted to "keep up" with that competition.