Symbiotic Relationships
Adaptations
Human Impact
Food Chains/Webs
Random
100
A relationship where both organisms benefit
What is mutualism
100
Favorable traits that help an organism survive
What is adaptation
100
Farmers put these two things on their crops to help keep the bugs away and the plants grow.
What is pesticides and fertilizers
100
What is a producer?
What is an organism that makes its own food.
100
Decomposers break down fallen leaves on the forest floor. When they do this, they release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and nitrogen to the soil. Name a decomposer.
What is bacteria, fungi, mold
200
A relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is harmed
What is parisitism
200
The two categories of adaptations.
What is behavioral and physical (structural)
200
What is a negative effect of damming rivers to supply hydroelectric energy?
What is loss of species
200
What do the first order consumers in a food web have in common?
What is herbivore
200
What measurement would you use to measure the thickness of a leaf?
What is millimeter
300
A relationship in which one organism benefits and the other neither benefits or is harmed
What is commensalism
300
Certain species of whiptail lizards have only female individuals and no males. These lizards reproduce asexually. What is one disadvantage of asexual reproduction for these lizards?
What is no diversity
300
If we cut down all the trees, what would happen?
What is temperatures would rise, not be able to breathe, no food.
300
How are humans classified within a food web?
What is consumer
300
Which type of organism (producer or consumer) is found at the top of an energy pyramid representing an ecosystem?
What is top level consumer
400
Many times a shark is seen with pilot fish swimming around it, eating scraps of food from the shark's meal. The shark is not harmed by the pilot fish, and the pilot fish benefits from the shark. What kind of relationship is this?
What is commensalism
400
What best explains the variation in tree heights in the tropical rain forest?
What is competition
400
What causes global warming?
What is greenhouse gasses
400
Baleen whales eat zooplankton by taking a large amount of water into their mouth. These whales use special structures in their mouth to separate zooplankton from the water. Because baleen whales eat zooplankton, they are classified as—
What is predator
400
Bacteria break down organic material from animals and plants and release carbon dioxide back into the air. Which role do bacteria play in the environment?
What is decomposer
500
Which relationship is most like athlete’s foot fungus and humans?
What is parasitism
500
Over many years, winters in a particular region become increasingly colder. As a result, food becomes less available. Which of the following adaptations would BEST help an animal species survive both of these changes?
Blubber
500
Large forest fires, started by lightning, have been common in parts of the Western and Northwestern United States in the past few years. The forest ecosystem is changed by this natural disaster. In addition to the loss of property, there are other ways that forest fires affect the environment. What effect would it have on the animal population?
What is decrease
500
What is the relationship between squid and phytoplankton in a food web?
What is producer-consumer
500
Coyotes are wild animals related to dogs. Their diet usually consists of fruit and small rodents, such as rats, and mice, but in large cities they have been known to attack pets. In the wild wolves, cougars and bears compete with the coyotes keeping them from overpopulating. However, in the past five years, more and more coyotes have been spotted in Denver, Dallas, Chicago, Detrioit, New York and other large cities. Why do you think the numbers of coyotes keep increasing in the city?
What is no competition and no natural predators
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