Relationships
Groups
Is It Alive?
Food!
It's a cycle
100

This is the type of relationship between a wolf & a deer

Predator-Prey

100

A single member within a group

Individual (organism)

100

Name one abiotic factor within an ecosystem.

Rock, soil, sun, water, oxygen, etc.

100

An area that provides all of the resources needed to support a population

Habitat

100

This provides all the energy needed for the many cycles to occur on Earth.

The sun

200

a tick feeding off of the blood of a pig is an example of this type of relationship

Parasitism
200

This contains both abiotic and biotic factors within a specific area

Ecosystem

200

This is a biotic factor that can produce its own sugars/food.

Producers (plants & other photosynthetic organisms)

200

This type of organism makes up the base of the food web/energy pyramid. Without these, other organisms cannot survive.

Producers

200

Take a deep breath - what cycle did you just participate in?

Carbon-Oxygen Cycle
300

A sea anemone helps the clownfish by providing a home & the clownfish helps protect the sea anemone. What type of relationship is this?

Mutualism

300

Reindeer, wolves, snowshoe hares, lichen, wildflowers, and other biotic factors make up this. (Not the name of the ecosystem)

Community

300

Which of the following are biotic? (choose 3)

Bacteria           Rock

Soil                  Worm

Nitrogen           Oxygen

Grass               Metals


Bacteria, Grass, & Worm

300

In the following food chain, this is the second order consumer.

 oat -> field mouse -> weasel -> coyote

Weasel

300

Some steps of this cycle are: condensation, precipitation, evaporation, accumulation, sublimation.

Water Cycle

400

A type of close relationship between two organisms

Symbiotic Relationship (symbiosis)

400

A swarm of honeybees is an example of this

population

400

Describe the difference between biotic & abiotic factors in an ecosystem.

Biotic- living, or once living, made of cells

Abiotic - not living, never alive, not made of cells

400

This type of organism breaks down dead materials and recycles the nutrients within an ecosystem

Decomposer

400

During this cycle, plants create a waste product that animals need, while animals create a waste product that the plants need.

Carbon-Oxygen Cycle

500

Birds following cattle around to eat the insects stirred up from the soil is this type of relationship. (hint: cows are unaffected)

Commensalism

500

All herbivores are considered this level of consumer

first-order (primary)

500

What are three characteristics of ALL living things?

Made of cells, grow and develop, reproduce, respond to stimuli, maintain stable internal environment (homeostasis), obtain and use energy, contain specific chemicals (like DNA)



500

Explain what would happen if the mountain lions go extinct in this ecosystem.

(Include at least two predictions)

Rabbit, deer, snake may increase (which could then affect the organisms that they eat)

500

This natural process involves conversion of a common atmospheric gas into a usable form of nutrients, such as nitrate.

Nitrogen Cycle