Ecosystems and Basic Needs
Symbiosis
Adaptations and human impacts
Biomagnification and Human impacts
Producers, consumers, decomposers
100
What is an ecosystem?
Interaction between living and non living things
100
What is Symbiosis?
Relationship between different species where at least one species benefits.
100
Define Adapatations
- physical or behavioral characteristics that help a species
survive in its environment
100
Describe what ecological footprint mean?
The imprint our lifestyles makes on Earth's ecology.
100
What is a niche? Provide an exmaple.
Roles of organisms inside the ecosystem
200
Define biotic and abiotic. Provide two examples for each.
Biotic - living
Abiotic - Non-living
200
What kind of relationship will clown fish and coral have? Explain how you know.
Commensalism.
Clown fish hides in coral, coral not harmed.
200
What are unintended consequences? Provide 3 examples.
- something negative that happens that was not expected
Answers may vary for examples
200
What happens when there is a lack of knowledge about an environmental issue?
Species may disappear without a trace, humans will have difficulty restoring population and discovering what is the issue.
200
How is a producer different from a consumer? Provide an example of a consumer and a producer.
Producers make their own food, consumers must seek for food ( eat producer or another consumer)
300
Provide examples of 3 different ecosystems.
Answers may vary
300
What of relationship will eyelash mites have with humans? They feast on oil secretions and dead skin near your eyelash follicles.
Commensalism
300
What can humans do to reduce unintended consequences and impacts towards the ecosystem
answers may vary
- recycling, composting, reusing, sanitary landfills
300
Describe the 3 steps that lead to the extinction of a species ( what is the order)
Provide a definition for each.
Threatened - Numbers are declining
Endangered - Rare in numbers
Extinct - do not exist
300
What does a producer need to get its energy? Can a consumer survive without a producer? Why or why not.
- Producers need itself to create energy, it needs external factors like the sun, water, CO2.
- Consumers can not survive without producers
400
What are the 4 basic needs of living things?
1. Food/Energy
2. Gas exchange
3. Water
4. Living Conditions (Shelter)
400
Ox-peckers sit on zebras' backs to eat ticks from the zebras' coat. What type of relationship is this?
Mutualism
400
Who came up with the theory " Survival of the fittest" ?
What does the theory mean?
- Charles Darwin
- The best adapted to the environment will survive and live on to reproduce
400
List at least three theories that will lead to the extinction of a species.
1. Climate change
2. Pollution
3. Disease
4. Increased UV from the thinning of the ozone layer
400
How is a scavenger different from a decomposer? Provide an example of a scavenger and a decomposer.
Scavengers feed off out dead animals and plants, they break carcasses down into smaller pieces for decomposers.
500
What is the categorization of an ecosystem ( levels that lead up to an ecosystem) ? Provide an example for each.
Species --> Population --> Community --> Ecosystem
Examples will vary.
500
What are the three types of symbiosis? Provide an Example for each ( must be examples that have not been mentioned in this jeopardy game)
commensalism, mutualism, and parasitism
Examples will vary
500
Define 2 physical and 2 behavioural adaptations.
Answers may vary
500
What is biomagnification? Describe a case of where biomagnification took place, what occurred?
-when a chemical gets stronger as it moves up the food chain or food web.
Examples
- Mercury emissions
- DDT and Peregrine Falcons
500
Provide an example of a healthy decomposer and a harmful decomposer. Explain why.
Answers may vary, examples:
Helpful: E.coli, Baker's yeast, Nitrogen fixing nodules
Harmful: E.coli 0157:H7, Candida Albican