Food Pyramids
The bottom trophic level
Producers
What relationship is exemplified by a positive impact for organism and no impact for the other?
Commensalism
Autotrophs are known for making their own food through this process.
Photosynthesis
The maximum population size an environment can sustain
Carrying capacity
Organisms that get their energy from other sources (i.e. eating food)
Heterotrophs
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The oxpecker bird sits on the back of a rhinoceros, eating ticks and other parasites that live on the rhino's skin. The bird gets a meal, while the rhino gets pest control
Mutualism
From which carbon reservoir do plants get their carbon from
The Atmosphere
How would more animals in an area impact competition of resources?
Increased competition
How many pounds of skin does the average human shed in their lifetime. Closest answer wins.
40lbs
_________ describes all the different type of life in an ecosystem and can make an ecosystem for resilient.
Biodiversity
Species that has a more significant role in an ecosystem compared to others.
What gas do all animals require.
Oxygen
What shape does a graph make when it hits it's carrying capacity?
S-shaped
More deaths than births
Type of organism that recycles nutrients back into the soil.
Decomposers
Name of a non-native species that gets introduced into a new ecosystem
Invasive
To make glucose
What would happen with no limiting factors?
Unlimited/Exponential growth
An insect or fish is considered an R-selection species or a Type ___
Type 3
Due to this ecological principle, it is often difficult for food pyramids to get past Tertiary consumers.
10% rule
Draw and label a graph of a typical predator prey relationship
Inverse relationship
Describe the relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration
Inverse relationship or "loop"
A density-independent factor that would impact producers most.
Forest Fire, flood, drought etc.
Which state's capital is the only capital without a McDonald's?
Montpelier, Vermont