Carbon Cycle
Symbiosis
Food Chains and Webs
Trophic Energy Pyramid
Levels of Organization
Ecosystem Vocabulary
100
What does "X" represent in this image?
Carbon Dioxide
100
What type of symbiotic relationship doe the Warthog and Mongoose share?
Mututalism
100
The Deer population would decrease if the...
Trees population decreased
100
Does the chemical (food) energy increase or decrease from the bottom to the top of the pyramid?
Decreases
100
What is the lowest level of Organization?
Cells
100
An organism that can make its own food
Producer
200
Cellular respiration, decomposition, combustion, and photosynthesis are processes that drive which cycles in ecosystems?
The Carbon Cycle
200
What type of symbiotic relation ship do the Remora and Shark share?
Mutualism
200
Which population decrease would harm most of this food chain?
Grass population decrease
200
What will most likely happen to the rabbits if the grass is removed?
Their population will decrease
200
What is the largest level of Organization?
Biosphere
200
The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
Food Web
300
Why is the increase of Greenhouse gasses (carbon dioxide, methane, etc.) a big issue?
It increases the global temperature
300
What type of symbiotic relationship do the Cowbird and the Buffalo share?
Commensalism
300
What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?
Break down dead organic matter
300
What level of consumer are the Foxes in this pyramid?
Secondary Level Consumers
300
A group of the same organism in an area is a...
Population
300
A diagram that show the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another food web
Energy Pyramid
400
How does the carbon in the grass become part of the lion?
The lion eats a primary consumer or herbivore
400
What type of symbiotic relationship do the Snail and the Worm share?
Parasitism
400
Which food chain below correctly summarizes the flow of energy through an ecosystem?
A. sun→ rabbit→ grass→ fox
B. rabbit→ fox→ sun→ grass
C. fox→ sun→ rabbit→ grass
D. sun→ grass→ rabbit→ fox
D. sun→ grass→ rabbit→ fox
400
Approximately how much energy is transferred to each level from producer to consumers?
10% each level
400
A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another is a...
Community
400
the living parts of the habitat (ex. Grass, trees, other animals, bacteria, etc.)
Biotic Factor
500
Why is the carbon cycle important?
It reuses and recycles carbon in the ecosystem
500
What type of symbiotic relationship do the Lion and Gazelle have?
Predator - Prey Relationship (Predation)
500
Use the food chain to answer the question. In which part of the food chain is the greatest amount of energy transferred?
Grass to Insect
500
Approximately how much energy is available to the secondary consumers in this energy pyramid?
100 kcal/m²/year
500
A group of land or water ecosystems with similar climates and organisms is called a...
Biome
500
When a population grows past the ecosystem's ____A____ ____B____, the population starts to die off to return to the ____A____ ____B____. Fill in for A & B
Carrying Capacity
600
What role do the oceans play in the carbon cycle?
Large reservoir or major absorber (sink) of carbon dioxide
600
What type of symbiotic relationship is between a Clown Fish and Anemone?
Commensalism
600
What will most likely happen in the amphipod population is removed from the food web?
Copepods populations will increase and Catfish/Bass populations will slightly decrease
600
The least available energy available in the trophic pyramid is the...
Shark
600
What is the correct list of the levels of organization in an ecosystem from the largest unit of organization to the smallest?
A. population, organism, community, ecosystem
B. organism, population, community, ecosystem
C. ecosystem, community, population, organism
D. community, ecosystem, population, organism
C. ecosystem, community, population, organism
600
The gypsy moth was accidentally brought into the United States. The caterpillars of these moths eat the leaves of hardwood trees. Eating these leaves decreases the growth of the trees and may cause the trees to die. What kind of species is the Gypsy moth?
Invasive Species