Ecosystem is part of your vocabulary
Water is something we use everyday. What kind of ecosystem factor is it?
Abiotic
Two animals are fighting for the same limited resource
Competition
A wasp injects the caterpillar with it's eggs. The eggs feed off of the caterpillar to develop.
parasitism
These membrane-bound organelles are where photosythesis takes place
Chloroplasts
What feeds on dead organisms and is responsible for recycling nutrients back into the food web?
decomposers
80 degrees, dirt, trees, birds, deer, fox
Ecosystem
A lion hunts a group of gazelles
Predation
Cattle egrets love to eat bugs off of bulls. The egret gets a meal and the bull gets free pest control
Mutualism
Organisms benefit by these two things that are a product of photosynthesis
1. oxygen
2. sugar/glucose
These mean-spirited but lazy birds don't like to have to work hard for their food. Instead they feed on the dead.
Scavengers
Based on climate -- this usually help determine what the season are like in your area
Biome
The eagle ate the snake. The snake ate the rat. The rat ate the bug. The bug ate the flower. What level of consumer is the snake?
The remora fish gets a free ride on a shark while gathering food. The shark is not affected by the remora attaching to it.
Commensalism
The root word chloro- mean that what hue is given to a plant?
green
Corn --> Grasshopper --> Lizard
Which organism in the food chain is the secondary consumer?
lizard
You can tell this by dissecting an owl pellet and seeing what is inside
the owls diet -- food chain
There is an overpopulation of deer, this is causing the rabbits to die off due to lack of resources. The foxes only eat rabbits -- what will happen to the foxes?
The will die off overtime or attempt to migrate to a new area with resources that they need.
Mosquitoes love to suck your blood!
Parasitism
This reactant ingredient for photosynthesis is what humans breathe out constantly
carbon dioxide
A tertiary consumer has technically eaten this many organisms
The ecological levels of organization include 6 levels total
organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
The gazelle is a majestic animal but when it come to the food chain it is considered this
prey
The clown fish lives in the sea anemone for protection. The sea anemone is kept clean by the clownfish. The sea anemone stings the predator of the clownfish. What two symbiotic relationships are present ?
1. mutualism
2. Parasitism
Without these two things a plant will die and photosynthesis will never properly occur
1. sunlight
2. water
phytoplankton -> zooplankton -> cod -> seal -> killer whale
List the levels of organization for each organism
producer-> primary consumer-> secondary consumer-> tertiary consumer-> apex predator