A clown fish lives between the tentacles of anemones. The clown fish protects the anemone from eating fish, while the anemone protects the clown fish from predators. What type of relationship is this?
What is mutualism.
100
What is a niche?
What is the role the population plays in the ecosystem.
100
What is ecology?
What is the study of how organisms interact with one another and with the environment.
100
In all Food Webs, what is the ultimate source of energy?
What is sunlight.
100
In an ecosystem where rainfall and the amount of grass is plentiful, the population of antelope has reduced. What factor would best explain this.
There is an increased number of predators.
200
What is an example of Commensalism?
Answers may vary.
200
What are species who are brought into an ecosystem by human action?
What are introduced species.
200
In Africa, the cheetah preys only on the antelope. If the number of cheetahs increased, what change will most likely happen first?
The antelope population will decrease.
200
What is the base of the food web? Give an example.
What are Producers. Example: Plants, phytoplankton, bacteria, etc.
200
In a tropical forest, which of these limiting factors will affect low- growing plants?
A. air
B. water
C. shelter
D. sunlight
What is (D) sunlight.
300
Barnacles are crustaceans that attach themselves to whales. The barnacles are transported to new feeding grounds, without affecting the whale. What type of relationship is this?
What is Commensalism.
300
Describe a predator.
What is an organism that eats another organism.
300
Which is the primary consumer in this food chain?
Plants--->Beetle--->Toad--->Snake--->Owl
What is the beetle.
300
Which animal is both a predator and prey?
A. owl
B. plant
C. snake
D. cricket
What is a (C) snake.
300
Consider the habitat, wetland. Imagine a very hot summer with little rain. What would be the limiting factor for the populations of the animals living in the wetland?
What is water.
400
What is parasitism?
When one organism benefits from the relationship, while the other is harmed.
400
What are species that naturally live in an ecosystem called?
Give an example of a species from Florida.
What are native species.
Answers may vary. (Florida panther, Elm, Alligator, Coral, Cattails, Tarpon, Southern Magnolia)
400
What two resources might sand-dune grasses and palm trees compete for in an ecosystem?
What are soil and water.
400
What information is included in a food web?
The feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem.
400
Consider there are herons (type of bird) living in an ecosystem, along with crabs, small birds, insects and plants.
What might happen to the herons if there was a drought in the ecosystem?
Herons would have less food because they eat organisms that depend on the water.
500
Owls live in a symbiotic relationship with farmers. Farmers provide barns and a form of a shelter for owls. Owls help control the rodent population around the farm. What is the prey in the owl's predatory relationship?
What are mice.
500
What are made up of tiny animal skeletons and grow in waters that are warm? Give an example of a relationship they may be in with another organism.
What is coral.
Answers may vary.
500
What determines where a population can live?
Whether its needs are met by the abiotic and biotic factors in the habitat.
500
What do the arrows in the food web represent?
What is the flow of energy from one organism to another.
500
Which of the following is a biotic factor that can limit the number or organisms in an ecosystem.
A. quantity of light
B. range of temperatures
C. quantity of predators
D. soil composition