Ecosystem
What is a biotic thing and give one example
What are the characteristics people find desirable in golden retriever dogs?
Shiny coat, light yellow colour, etc
What are the four main categories that all living things fall under?
Producer, Consumer, Scavenger, Decomposer
Give one example of a consumer
Animal - answers will vary
There is no difference between abiotic and biotic
False - biotic is living, abiotic is non-living
What is an abiotic thing? List one example.
Non-living; air, temperature, climate
What are the things that our parents pass along to us that they may also have? (e.g. hair, eye colour)
Genes!
What do you call a symbiotic relationship that is benefitting BOTH animals/plants?
Mutualism
Give one example of a producer
Plant - answers will vary
A quadrant is what we use when we want to sample a piece of the ecosystem
True! We did this in the back field
Habitat is a location in which an organism lives in an ecosystem. List one example in a forest ecosystem.
What is the natural process for a species to be selected better for survival?
natural selection - survival of the fittest
What do you call an animal that eats BOTH meat and plants?
Omnivore
Give one example of a decomposer
Mushrooms, worms
Climate is an example of biotic
False - it is abiotic
Math time: If the population of deer is 12 and the population of the moose is 8, and the population of birch trees is 20, what is the community of the forest?
The community of the forest is 40
What is the artificial way to select genetics we like for our crops/animals?
Artificial selection - we domesticate plants and animals and select the genetics we like
What would you call a symbiotic relationship that is harmful to one, helpful to the other?
Parasitism
Give one example of a scavenger
Vulture
Species is a group of animals of the same type. E.g. Deer species includes Elk, Moose, Caribou
True!
______________ is a scientist who studies ecosystems and the natural habitats.
Ecologists
What do you call a change that an animal/plant/human makes after generations of only eating certain foods or living in harsh environments?
Evolution/Adaption
What is the difference between a scavenger and decomposer?
Scavengers eat the dead animals/meat, the decomposers consume all of the leftover waste.
Give one example of a carnivore
The study of ecosystems is biology
False - biology is the study of life. Ecology is the study of ecosystems.