I’m With the Biotic Crowd
What defines a biotic community?
What is all the interacting living organisms in a specific area?
Nemo the clownfish gains protection in the anemone. What’s the symbiotic category?
What is commensalism?
Which Marvel character accidentally creates alternate ecosystems through timelines?
Who is Loki (or Doctor Strange)?
Which magical creature could serve as an apex predator in the wizarding ecosystem?
What is a basilisk or Hungarian Horntail?
Korok seeds are scattered everywhere. What ecological principle does this reflect?
What is seed dispersal and genetic distribution?
Explain the difference between interspecific and intraspecific competition.
What is interspecific is between different species; intraspecific is within the same species?
Why is lichen considered an example of mutualism?
What do algae provide food via photosynthesis, and fungi offer shelter and moisture.
In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, multiple species enter a new world. What ecological event does this resemble?
What is biological invasion or ecological disruption?
If a boggart takes the form of what scares you most, what niche strategy does it represent?
What is behavioral adaptation or predator mimicry?
Zora’s Domain is flooded; Goron City is volcanic. What term describes these differences?
What are microclimates or specialized niches?
How do keystone species maintain community balance?
How do they regulate the population sizes of other species and prevent domination by one group?
What’s the difference between facultative and obligate mutualism?
What is facultative is beneficial but not necessary; obligate is essential for survival of both?
The TVA controls “sacred” timelines. In ecology, this is like controlling what concept?
What is ecological succession or stability?
The Room of Requirement provides what’s needed when needed. What does this parallel in real ecosystems?
What is resource availability based on niche demand or habitat plasticity?
The Great Deku Tree supports many species. What is its ecological role?
What is a keystone structure or foundation species?
What happens when a new predator is introduced into a stable community?
What is it may cause a trophic cascade or collapse by disrupting population balances?
Name one mimicry strategy used by snakes, and identify its mimicry type.
What is Batesian mimicry – king snake mimics coral snake?
How would a pocket universe function as an isolated ecosystem?
What is a closed system with internal trophic levels and no outside gene flow?
How does the Triwizard Tournament reflect selective pressures?
What is it promotes survival and fitness under extreme challenges, like natural selection?
Link must adapt armor and food depending on environment. What survival strategy is this?
What is phenotypic plasticity or behavioral adaptation?
Describe a community with high biodiversity and explain one ecological benefit it provides.
What is a rainforest or coral reef, including resilience to change or disease?
Compare aposematism and Müllerian mimicry using insect examples.
What is aposematism = bright warning coloration (e.g., monarch butterfly); Müllerian = similar coloration in harmful species (e.g., bees and wasps)?
In the multiverse, if two species from different timelines develop the same adaptation, what’s the name of this evolutionary concept?
What is convergent evolution?
If Thestrals can only be seen after trauma, what role might they represent ecologically?
What is a cryptic or elusive species, hard to observe but ecologically important?
If a Guardian returns every blood moon and wipes out local populations, what type of ecological disturbance is this?
What is a cyclical density-independent disturbance?