Ecology
Biomes
Energy
Species Interactions
100
This word means "the study of interactions of living things and the environment."
Ecology
100
2 answers please:
1. This biome is usually very hot and receives very little precipitation.
2. This biome is usually very cold and often has a permanently frozen layer of soil.
1. Desert
2. Tundra
100
These types of organisms make their own energy/food.
Autotrophs / producers
100
A hawk eats a mouse. The hawk is a _____, and the mouse is a _____.
Predator, prey
200
These are the living things in an ecosystem.
Biotic factors
200
This biome is the one in which we live. The trees drop their leaves in the autumn to survive better in the winter, when it is difficult to absorb water from frozen soil.
Temperate deciduous forest (or temperate broadleaf forest)
200
What do the arrows of a food chain or food web represent?
The direction of energy movement
200
A tick sucks the blood of a deer. This an example of a ____________ relationship.
Parasitism
300
The total number of wolves in Yellowstone National Park is at this level of ecological organization.
Population
300
What are the two variables that a climate diagram shows for every month of the year?
Temperature and precipitation
300
Write/draw a food chain with 4 trophic levels.
Many possible answers
300
In this type of relationship, one species benefits and the other one is unaffected.
Commensalism
400
Provide 3 examples of abiotic factors.
Air, rocks, water, temperature, pH, etc.
400
Describe the temperature pattern for this diagram.
The temperature changes between 8 to 15 degrees Celsius during the year. It is coldest in June and July, and warmest in January.
400
True or False:
The most energy is always in the trophic level of the producers.
True
400
Provide an example of a mutualistic relationship
Many possible answers (as long as both species benefit from their relationship with each other)
500
This level of ecological organization is many different species and all of the abiotic factors in a specific area.
Ecosystem
500
Describe the precipitation patterns for this diagram.
It rarely rains in this location, with rain only occurring in December to March. The most rain occurs in January and February, where each month receives between 5 to 10 mm of rain.
500
This is the percentage of energy loss as you go up the energy pyramid (or go through a food chain)
10%
500
There are 3 types of _____________________________, which means that 2 species live closely together for a long period of time because at least one of the species benefits from the relationship.
Possible words:
prey
parasite
predator
food web
symbiosis
mutualism
SYMBIOSIS