Vocab
What is the difference between a food web and a food chain?
A food chain is the path that energy and nutrients follow in an ecosystem. A food web is multiple food chains put together.
In food chains, all of the energy originally comes from:
the sun
Give an example of a structural adaptation.
Note: it cannot be one that's already in the Jeopardy :)
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What is the symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed?
Parasitism
All the living and nonliving things in an environment, including their interactions with each other.
Ecosystem
What is the special role that an organism plays in a community or habitat?
Niche
What is the job of a decomposer?
to break down dead plants and animals
Which of the following is a structural adaptation?
-black bears hibernating in winter
-foxes having thick winter coats
foxes having thick winter coats
What is the symbiotic relationship that benefits both organisms?
Mutualism
A living thing that is hunted for food
Prey
What is the difference between protective coloration and protective resemblance?
Protective coloration helps an organism blend into the background. Protective resemblance matches the color, shape, AND texture of the environment. (Think: chameleon vs stick bug)
How much energy is LOST at each step in a food chain/web?
90% is LOST
Give an example of a behavioral adaptation.
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What is the symbiotic relationship in which one organism is benefited and the other organism is neither benefited nor harmed?
Commensalism
The maximum population size that an ecosystem can support
Carrying Capacity
The diagram that shows the amount of energy available at each level of an ecosystem.
Energy pyramid
What is an organism that eats plants?
Herbivore
What adaptation have cacti developed in order to survive in deserts?
Thick, waxy leaves/stems
A relationship between two kinds of organisms over time
Symbiosis
Anything that controls the growth or survival of a population.
Limiting factor
Any color, shape, or pattern that lets an organism blend into its environment is called:
Camouflage (think of it like the umbrella term)
Which of the following are producers? Which are consumers?
Grass --> Grasshopper --> Bird --> Snake
Producers: grass
Consumers: grasshopper, bird, snake
Which of the following is a behavioral adaptation?
-A bird with bright, colorful feathers
-A tiger sitting still, waiting to pounce on its prey
A tiger sitting still, waiting to pounce on its prey
What type of symbiosis exists between a crocodile and an Egyptian clover bird?
Hint: the Egyptian clover bird eats the remains off a crocodiles teeth so it doesn't rot.
Mutualism: the bird gets food and the crocodile gets clean teeth!
All the members of ONE species in an area
Population (Think: population signs are for HUMANS, not all living species in the area)