Birds and whales in this image are considered a _______ factor
What is a biotic factor?
An ecosystem with __________ biodiversity would be more resistant to disease and/or resource shortages?
What is high biodiversity?
The type of organism that can be found at the start of a food chain.
What is a producer?
The name of the species that is first to move into an area and begin to form soil and nutrients for an ecosystem
What is a pioneer species?
Pumpkins are considered to be a fruit or vegetable?
What is a fruit?
This important factor is present initially/at the beginning of secondary succession.
What is soil?
Monoculture agriculture has this effect on biodiversity?
(posivite or negative)
What is a negative effect?
The percentage of energy lost as you move up each level of the energy pyramid?
What is 90%?
This type of organism's energy source is non-living. It is typically in the form of chemicals or photons of light.
What is a producer?
This famous magician died on October 31, 1926
Who is Harry Houdini?
Trick or Treat?
Treat!
Steal 200 pts from the team of your choosing!
Which community has the highest biodiversity?
What is community C?
Trick or Treat?
TRICK!
Trade points with the lowest scoring team!
__________ is reached at the end of succession when an ecosystem is stabilized
What is a climax community?
What is the marigold?
The type of succession shown in this image:
What is primary succession
Since 1937, globally biodiversity and the wilderness spaces have been ___________________.
What is decreasing?
Because the hawk eats the shrew, it is considered this type of consumer.
What is a tertiary consumer?
What does "auto-" and "hetero-" mean from autotroph and heterotroph?
auto-: self
hetero-: other
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Trick! Double your points if you get it right... or lose them all if you get it wrong!
Who directed the film, The Nightmare Before Christmas?
When a lumber company deforested and plowed a forest to harvest lumber to develop a new city, this would be the type of succession that would result after the lumber company left
What is secondary succession?
Name at least two things that result in loss of biodiversity:
What is _______? (will be verified by teacher)
Because the grass contains 23,000 calories. The mountain lion would contain ________ calories.
What is 23 calories?
Trick or Treat?
Explain where you would find the trophic levels on a biomass pyramid.
Treat!
Extra 100 points!
In the show, Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown... Charlie Brown only receives this while trick or treating?
What is a rock?