Ecological Succession
There are two different types of ecological succession.
What is Primary and Secondary Succession?
an organism that makes its own food.
What is an autotroph?
The variety of life on Earth.
What is Biodoversity?
Prokaryotic cells have ____ cell(s) while Eukaryotic cells have ____ cell(s).
What is 1 cell and multiple (or more than 1) cells?
The powerhouse of the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
Primary succession needs the help of ________ to begin the process of growth.
What are pioneer species?
An organism that has to consume other organisms in order to obtain its energy.
What is a heterotroph?
A giraffe's long neck is an example of a __________ adaptation.
(Give an additional example of this adaptation for extra points)
What is an anatomical adaptation?
The eukaryotic cell's DNA is held within the _________ while a prokaryotic cell does not have this organelle, so its DNA just floats around.
What is a nucleous?
An example(s) of a pioneer specie(s).
What is Lichen, and moss?
A glacier melting and leaving barren rock in its wake will need ______________ to occur with lichen breaking down the rock for soil to form.
What is primary succession?
A plant like grass is considered a _______ while a bunny that eats the grass is considered a ____________.
What is a producer and a (primary) consumer?
A bear hibernating is an example of ___________ adaptation.
(Give an additional example of this adaptation for extra points)
What is a behavioral adaptation?
An organelle that both plants and animals have to store water and waste (Plants have a larger organelle compared to animals)
What is the vacuole?
Many chain-links are connected to create a complex network of organisms.
What is a food web?
When a disaster impacts a community causing some damage to the area without eliminating all life.
What is secondary succession?
A chain-like sequence beginning with an organism producing its own food that is eaten by another organism followed by another organism eating that one is a __________.
What is a food chain?
A camel storing water within its humps is a __________ adaptation.
(Give an additional example of this adaptation for extra points)
What is a physiological adaptation?
The process of photosynthesis occurs in the __________. The result of this process is __________.
(Extra points if you can include the chemical formula for the end results).
What is the chloroplast? What is Oxygen (O2) and Glucose (C6H12O2)?
An organelle(s) that only plants have.
What is chloroplast and cell wall?
There are different examples of disturbances for secondary succession. Those three examples of disturbances are...
What is a forest fire, a flood, and human disturbance?
If a plant begins with 10,000 J of energy, the energy amount for the third energy level is _____. (The top of the pyramid is 1 J, with there being 5 levels within the pyramid)
What is 100 J?
An organism's ability to survive and reproduce, passes down it's genes to its offspring.
What is biological fitness?
The three parts that make up the cell theory.
What is cells are the basic unit of life, all cells come from pre-existing cells, and all living things are made up of cells?
Certain traits become more common in a population over time.
What is natural selection?