Animals
The keystone species of the Serengeti
What is wildebeest
A species that an ecosystem is reliant on for it to function
What is a keystone species?
This behavioral pattern causes some species to move in order to gain access to or follow resources
What is migration?
The wildebeest in the Serengeti follow this weather pattern
What is seasonal rain?
A kind of macromolecule is made out of amino acids
What are proteins?
What is translucent/unhealthy bone marrow?
The season in which the most wildebeest die
The cardinal directions the wildebeest in the Serengeti migrate to
What is north/northeast and south/southwest?
The season that has all the frickin rain
What is monsoon season?
Tape was used to simulate this restriction in the hand enzyme lab
What is Denature?
A disease that lowered the population of many bovine species temporarily
What is Rinderpest?
The reason for the increase in trees in the 1980s
What is decreased fire?
The tool that the researchers used to track wildebeest migration
What is a GPS collar?
The fuel that fueled the Serengeti fires in the 1960s
What is dry grass?
A type of feeding group divided into many different levels
What are carnivores/predators?
The amount of wildebeest when they were at their max caring capacity rounded to the nearest 100,000
What is 1.4 million
This size of animal is predated on more
What are small animals?
The reasons the wildebeest in the Serengeti migrate
What are fire, food, and predators?
The nearest ocean to the Serengeti.
What is the Indian Ocean?
The color of a negative test for iodine
What is Orange?
The number of large animals there were in the Serengeti on the first survey
What is 400,000?
The percent of energy passed on between trophic levels
What is 10%?
Top three highest population migrating grazers in the Serengeti
What are the Wildebeest, Zebra, and Gazelle? (Double points for specific species of Gazelle)
The country the Serengeti is in
What is Tanzania?
In sequential order, the colors of Benedict, Iodine, and Biuret's solution when positive
What are Orange, Blue/black, and Purple?