Roles
Food Webs
Elimination Effects
Animal Kingdoms
Miscellaneous
100
If a shark eats a fish, which one is the predator and which one is the prey?
Shark: Predator Fish: Prey
100
What is a food web?
a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
100
In the lake example given, what two things did the elimination of algae cause?
Animals wouldn't have enough food or gasses (oxygen and carbon dioxide)
100
What animal kingdom is a koala part of?
Marsupial
100
What kingdom are humans from?
Mammals or primates
200
What is the difference between carnivores and omnivores?
Carnivores only consume meat, and omnivores consume meat and plants.
200
In the ocean example from the power point, which groups would be directly impacted if shell fish went extinct?
Octopus
200
Explain why more complex ecosystems are usually better. (in relation to elimination effects)
It is better because it would have less of an impact on all other animals.
200
What animal kingdom is a clam part of?
Mollusks
200
True or False: Can the body of an animal be considered an ecosystem?
True! For example, a dog would probably have an ecosystem of microorganisms in the fur coat.
300
What is the reason why consumers (heterotrophs) get their nutrients from other organisms and organic materials instead of from chemicals or the sun?
Consumers are not capable of producing their own food in that fashion. Only producers (autotrophs) can get their food in that way.
300
In the ocean example from the power point, which three groups would be directly impacted if plankton and phytoplankton went extinct?
Shrimp, jellyfish, and krill.
300
In an ecosystem where krill eats algae, fish eats krill and birds eat fish, what would happen if the birds left?
The fish would become overpopulated and eat too much krill.
300
Give an example of an animal in the arachnid kingdom.
Spiders, ticks, mites, scorpions
300
When did Arthur Tansley discover that ecosystems are a place that plants, animals, and the environment depend upon each other? A). 1920 B). 1889 C). 1935 D). 1947
C). 1935
400
List all of the types of roles found in an ecosystem that have to do with consuming food. Give examples of each that were not in the powerpoint
-Herbivore -Carnivore -Omnivore -Decomposer Examples are open-ended
400
According to the ocean food web, what do squid eat?
They eat small fish
400
In an ecosystem where jaguars eat monkeys, and fruit trees supply monkeys with oxygen and food, what organism being eliminated would create the biggest problem? Why?
The elimination of the fruit trees would cause the biggest problem because its supports monkeys, and without them, jaguars would also die.
400
Are reptiles a kingdom of vertebrates or invertebrates?
Vertebrates
400
What is the beginning of most ecosystems?
The sun.
500
What are the tree main types of organisms that are autotrophs?
Plants, algae, and some kinds of bacteria
500
According to the food web in the power point, what feeds the sharks?
Large fish
500
If deer were eliminated in a forest ecosystem, name two organisms that would be impacted and explain how they would be.
open-ended
500
What kingdom is an octopus from?
Mollusk
500
True or False: Rain forest ecosystems cover only 8 percent of the world’s land, yet they include 40 percent of all the world’s plant and animal species
True.
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