Communities and Ecosystems
Stability and Succession
Energy Flow
Species Interaction
Evolution
100
This term means an animal's "job" in an ecosystem, it usually refers to how the animal uses its resources
What is a niche?
100
The California wildfires were a horrible disaster. However, nature finds a way to heal. We would expect this kind of succession after the disaster.
What is secondary succession
100
This sugar is produced by our friendly plant friends during photosynthesis, and is in just about everything we eat.
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What is glucose
100
These animals are defined by their dietary restraints, but we might call them primary consumers
Who are herbivores
100
These molecular components found in all life code for traits in organisms like red-hair or eye color
What are genes or DNA
200
This architectural term means that an organism has a larger impact than you might expect.
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What is a keystone species?
200
Climate change will impact all of our lives, what do we call disasters that are man-made?
What is, human-caused disturbance
200
Plants are our photosynthetic friends, but humans have a different process for producing and using energy
What is cellular respiration
200
Sharks and humans don't have much in common, but we would both be considered this concept in our respective food chains
What is an apex predator
200
Iron sharpens iron, when two species are in competition or in a predator-prey cycle sometimes this evolutionary mechanism happens
What is coevolution
300
A honeybee pollinating a flower and receiving nectar to make honey would be an example of this feedback loop.
What is a positive feedback loop.
300
This term, named after colonial explorers, signals the start of the succession process.
What is a pioneer species
300
A producer has 673 kJ of energy, so a primary consumer would have this much energy by necessity.
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67.3 kJ
300
In the following food web, these cuddly guys and gals would be considered primary consumers
Who is a grasshopper, rabbit, and deer
300
Natural selection, the idea that traits that give a reproductive advantage get passed down, is also known by this common phrase
What is survival of the fittest
400
Decomposers break down dead organic matter, but what microbial ally leads the charge when it comes to recycling nutrients?
Who is a bacteria
400
This hardy green friend is often the first organism to pop up after a volcanic eruption.
What is lichen or moss?
400
We know that hunting prey for your energy can work up quite a sweat, this might be explained by how energy is lost between trophic levels.
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What is heat?
400
Our lyme disease carrying nemesis the tick has become more prevalent in Virginia leading to more of this species interaction
What is parasitism
400
Competition is not always friendly...When one organism gains a huge advantage over their rival, sometimes this phenomenon happens that can lead to extinction for the loser.
What is competitive exclusion
500
You're probably familiar with their green leafy cousins, but what kind of producer doesn't use the sun for producing energy?
Who is a chemoautotroph or chemotroph
500
Virginia is home to many diverse species, what is the name of our climax community? Hint: you need both words to get it right
What is a decidous forest
500
A producer would have this much energy if a tertiary consumer had 7.2689 kJ of energy.
Remember to not drop decimals, I'm looking for an exact number.
What is 7268.9 kJ of energy in the producer?
500
Food webs are delicate things. The rabbit's population would be impacted in this way if the deer population were to go extinct
What is the rabbit population would increase
500
Evolution is the spice of life. However, sometimes random chance can take out a species chance to pass down their genes. When this happens, we use this term to describe the evolutionary mechanisms
What is genetic drift