Grouping and Classification
Food Chains and Food Webs
Food Web Disruption
Habitats
Trivia!
100
What type of animal only eats meat?
A carnivore
100
What does a food chain tell you?
How energy moves through an ecosystem.
100
What is meant by the term interdependence?
Organisms on the food web depend on each other for survival
100
What is a habitat?
A habitat is a place that an organism lives, and it contains all the things it needs to survive.
100
What is Mr Garner's favourite colour
Canary Yellow (#FFFF99)
200
What type of animal eats both meat and plants?
An omnivore
200
What two things do producers require to make their own food?
Carbon dioxide, and water
200
What is a population?
All of one type of organism in a specific area.
200
What is the difference between biotic and abiotic factors?
Biotic factors are living or once living parts of an ecosystem. Abiotic factors are non-living parts of an ecosystem.
200
What is Mr Garner's favourite number?
37
300
What is a decomposer?
An organism that breaks down (decomposes) organic material to get energy.
300
In this food chain, who is the primary consumer?
The butterfly
300
What would happen in this ecosystem if the kestrel population increased?
Thrush population will likely decrease
Fox population may decrease. Slug population may increase. Berry population may increase.
300
Classify the following as biotic or abiotic factors in a habitat:
Diseases, light intensity, soil pH, new predators arriving, moisture levels
Biotic - Diseases, new predators
Abiotic - Light intensity, soil pH, moisture levels
300
A banana tree is actually not a tree at all. What kind of plant is a banana plant?
A monstrous herb
400
Group the following organisms into producers or consumers:
Orangutan, Sunflower, Poppy, Phytoplankton, Great White Shark
Producers - Sunflower, Poppy, Phytoplankton
Consumers - Orangutan, Great White Shark
400
Where does all energy in a food web come from?
The Sun
400
What is meant by the term bioaccumulation?
Bioaccumulation is the building up of toxins throughout a food chain and it affects those at the top the most.
400
List 4 forms of life which would be present in the "Avondale College Habitat"
e.g. Students, Teachers, Ducks, Bacteria, Insects, Grass, Flowers, Trees, etc.
400
What is Mr Garner's Favourite Planet in our solar system?
Neptune
500
Group the following animals into mammals, birds, or insects:
Wētā, Kangaroo, Penguin, Platypus, Ostrich, Hedgehog, Cockroach, Fly
Mammals - Kangaroo, Platypus, Hedgehog
Birds - Penguin, Ostrich
Insects - Wētā, Cockroach, Fly
500
What percentage of energy consumed is passed up the food chain to the next organism (to the animal that eats it)?
~10%
500
Name two ways that a population might increase and two ways that a population might decrease (THEY CANNOT BE THE OPPOSITES OF EACH OTHER)
Increase - More resources, less predators, better climate, more space for living, etc.
Decrease - Less resources available, more predators, adverse weather events, disease, deforestation, etc.
500
If an organism wants to survive in a changing habitat, what must it do?
ADAPT!
500
What does the word defenestration mean?
Throwing someone or something out a window.