Vocabulary
All of the non living factors in an ecosystem
What are abiotic factors?
A food web shows that a caterpillar eats dandelions. What trophic level is the caterpillar?
What is a primary consumer?
One organism is being harmed in the interaction and the other organism is benefiting.
What is parasitism?
The base of the Energy pyramid is occupied by what feeding level and how much energy is available?
Producers have 1000J of energy
What are the 3 factors that classify a biome?
1. Vegetation
2. Sunlight
3. Climate
The role of an organism in it's environment.
What is a niche?
In a food web, the orca eats seals. What level consumer is the orca?
What is the apex predator?
What is commensalism?
The 2nd level of the Energy pyramid is occupied by what feeding level and what amount of energy do they receive?
Primary Consumers get 100J of energy
What is the difference between a habitat and a microhabitat?
A habitat is an environment that provides the things an organism needs to live grow and reproduce and a microhabitat is a smaller habitat within. (Ex: A tree stump in a forest)
The total number of the same species living in an area.
What is population?
What might happen to the grass population if the rabbit population doubled?
The rabbits would eat the grass and the grass population would significantly decrease.
An interaction between two species in which both species benefit.
What is mutualism?
The 4th level of the Energy pyramid is occupied by what feeding level and what amount of energy do they get?
Tertiary consumers and 1J of energy
A large region that contains multiple habitats and a consistent climate
What is a biome?
A group of organism that are physically similar and can reproduce to create offspring
What is a species?
In the ocean, a barnacle attaches itself to a whale. The barnacles get a home and a free ride on the whale. The whale is not harmed. This relationship is called __________________.
What is commensalism?
The 2nd level of the Energy pyramid is occupied by what feeding level and what amount of energy is available?
The most diverse biome is this.
What is the rainforest biome?
A community of organisms that live in a particular area along with their nonliving surroundings
What is an Ecosystem
What would happen to the rabbit population if the rabbit population became diseased.
The grass population would increase because there are less rabbits eating the grass.
Two male birds of the same species are doing a dance to win over a female. This is an example of ________.
What is competition?
What is the initial source of all energy?
The sun
How might a biome change over time?
A biome may change over time as plants and animals experience natural selection, landforms shift, organisms go extinct, etc. Climate change, other human impacts.