Vocabulary
Encounter the Phenomenon(s)
Resources in Ecosystems
Interactions within Ecosystems
Changing Ecosystems
100
What is the biosphere?
the parts of Earth and the surrounding atmosphere where there is life
100
How does the availability of resources affect the animals living in Etosha National Park(video with oryx, springboks, and lions)?
With the small amount of resources, they form a cooperative relationship.
100
Give an example of where there is a community.
Answers will vary.
100
What is a parasitic relationship?
One animal is harmed, one animal is benefitted.
100
What is ecological succession?
the process of one ecological community gradually changing into another.
200
What is the difference between population and community?
Think of it like this: Population is a census of one species, a Community is a census of more than one species.
200
What sort of relationship do the cleaner shrimp and moray eel have?
Mutualistic
200
Give an example of a place where there is a ecosystem.
Answers will vary
200
What is a predator-prey relationship?
One animals is a predator, one animal is the prey
200
What would happen when people clear many acres of forest but never used a majority of the land?
The forest would begin to grow back
300
What is the difference between biotic potential and carrying capacity?
Thing of it like this: biotic potential is the potential of the total amount of species if there wasn't a disturbance, carrying capacity is the largest amount of species an ecosystem can support.
300
What sort of relationship does a bee and a caterpillar have?
Parasitic
300
What place is home to an individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere?
Earth
300
What is lichen made of? Explain the symbiotic structure and analysis of lichen.
Lichen is made from algae and fungi. Algae provides the energy and the fungus provide the structure.
300
Give me an example of secondary succession when there is a man-made pond near a farm.
Pond goes to meadow goes to forest goes to climax community(only happens without disturbances).
400
What is a climax community?
a stable community that no longer goes through major ecological changes
400
How are populations affected by changes to a forest ecosystem, which contains eucalyptus regnans, when it is destroyed by fire?
The oil the in the eucalyptus regnans causes there to be a forest fire. Then, the seeds fall to the ground and then there is regrowth.
400
Give an example of overpopulation in New Jersey.
Answers will vary
400
Explain the cycle of symbiosis between a roundworm, human, and tiger(1 minute time)?
Roundworm: harms animal and tiger
Tiger: harms human
Human: weak.
400
Describe the process of eutrophication(Need lots of depth and detail).
Inorganic fertilizer enters the lake due to surface runoff. Then, there are algae blooms formed because of the excess of phosphates and nitrogen. When the algae dies, the bacteria in the lake eats the bacteria and uses all of the oxygen that the fish need. Finally, the fish die and the place becomes a dead zone.
500
What is dynamic equilibrium?
describes the balance between different parts of the ecosystem
500
What two animals have a confused relationship of either parasitism or mutualism.
Oxpeckers and other African mammals
500
What is the difference between extinction, endangered, and threatened species.
Extinction is when there is no species left. Endangered is when there are very little amount left. Threatened is less populations, but more than endangered.
500
Explain the symbiotic relationship between a clownfish and sea anemone.
The clownfish receives protection. The anemone receives energy from the waste of a clownfish.
500
What are the four main differences between primary and secondary succession?
