In an energy pyramid, where do you find the producers? Top, bottom, center?
Bottom
100
Which type of symbiosis benefits one organism and harms the other?
Parasitism
100
What is the term for the maximum population an ecosystem can support indefinitely?
Carrying capacity
100
Which type of biome is the main ecosystem in Kentucky? (hint: trees that lose their leaves)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
100
This level of organization includes only the living things in an area.
Community
200
Which type of organism likely has the least biomass in a certain ecosystem: Producer, Primary Consumer, Secondary Consumer, or Tertiary Consumer?
Tertiary Consumer
200
Which type of symbiosis benefits one organism and neither helps nor harms the other?
Commensalism
200
Which type of population growth is often called the "J curve"?
Exponential Growth
200
What is the term for the first organism to inhabit an area in succession?
Pioneer species
200
Which biome is very warm and typically gets little to no precipitation?
Desert
300
Arrange the following terms in order of where the energy is starting/going: beetle, hawk, plant, frog, sun
Sun -> Plant -> Beetle -> Frog -> Hawk
300
Termites have microorganisms in their digestive tract that help them digest wood. The termite then gets nutrients from the wood, and microorganism gets shelter and food. Which type of symbiosis?
Mutualism
300
In normal circumstances, if a population is at its carrying capacity, would you expect it to be growing, shrinking, or staying the same?
Staying the same.
300
In which biome do you typically find coniferous trees (trees with needles, like many evergreens)?
Taiga
300
What level of organization includes all biotic and abiotic factors in an area?
Ecosystem
400
A plant starts with 3250 calories in this food chain. How many of those calories will make it to the owl?
Plant -> Mouse -> Snake -> Owl
3.25 calories
400
Cattle egrets follow cattle around a field and eat the bugs that are stirred up along the way. Which type of symbiosis?
Commensalism
400
Give two examples of density-dependent limiting factors, and one example of a density-independent limiting factor.
DD: Food, water, shelter, disease, etc.
DI: Natural disasters, weather
400
Give two examples of typical plants that are pioneers species.
Moss, algae, lichens, ferns, etc.
400
What is the difference between niche and habitat?
Niche is an organism's job or role; Habitat is where it lives
500
Based on this food chain, give at least two terms that would all accurately describe the rabbit.
Carrot -> Rabbit -> Fox -> Lynx
Herbivore, Primary Consumer, Heterotroph, Prey, etc.
500
A bird builds a nest in a tree. Typically this does not affect the tree. Sometimes, though, the bird digs into the tree bark to get insects, leaving the tree vulnerable to disease. Which TWO types of symbiosis could be seen here?
Commensalism & Parasitism
500
A population of rabbits has moved into a new area and has virtually unlimited resources.
Assuming the population starts with 20 rabbits and doubles every year, how many rabbits would you expect there to be after 7 years? What type of growth is this?
A fire burns through the savanna, resulting in secondary succession. After many years, what type of plants and animals will be in the climax community? Name at least 3.
Grasses, isolated trees, lions, zebras, elephants, etc.
500
In this food chain, how many autotrophs are there? How many heterotrophs?
Plant -> Beetle -> Frog -> Snake -> Hawk