Energy Flow
Cycles of Matter
Populations
Hodge Podge
100
This type of organism can make its own food using sunlight.
What is an autotroph?
100
True or False. There is an unlimited amount of matter on Earth.
What is... False?
100
Describe what a niche is.
Bonus +100 points if you can give an example of one.
What is...
The occupation of an organism is based on the conditions they need to survive.
100
These organisms break down dead organisms and waste to obtain energy.
What are decomposers?
200
Determine what type of organisms would be considered a...
omnivore, herbivore, and carnivore
What is...
Omnivore: humans, bears, chickens, raccoons
Herbivore: rabbits, deer, cows, giraffe, caterpillar
Carnivore: hawk, lion, wolf, snake, owl
200
Label the processes of the water cycle on the diagram below:
+100 bonus points if you can tell me what each process does.
What is...
A. Transpiration
B. Precipitation
C. Condensation
D. Evaporation
200
Determine the type of growth that is being shown. A rabbit population grows rapidly after being introduced to an island with lots of food and no predators.
What is exponential growth?
200
A lion hunting and eating a zebra is an example of this density-dependent factor.
What is predation?
300
The percentage of energy transferred to each level & the percentage lost as heat.
What is...
Energy transfer: 10%
Lost as heat: 90%
300
In the Carbon Cycle...
Photosynthesis takes in _____ and releases ______
Cellular Respiration takes in ______ and releases ____
What is...
Photosynthesis takes in CO2 and releases O2
Cellular Respiration takes in O2 and releases CO2
300
Draw what an exponential growth & logistics growth graph looks like. Include axis titles!
What is...
300
The type of symbiotic relationship that is found in the following: A remora fish attaches to a shark and eats leftover scraps of food while traveling long distances with it.
What is commensalism?
400
If the primary consumer has 10,000 kcal of energy in a food web, determine the energy transfer for the remaining trophic levels, up to the tertiary consumer.
What is...
Producer: 100,000
Secondary Consumer: 1,000
Tertiary Consumer: 100
400
This cycle mostly happens underground with bacteria.
+100 Bonus points if you can tell me what process is involved with this cycle, changing N2 to NH3
What is the nitrogen cycle?
Bonus point: nitrogen fixation
400
Determine an example of a density-dependent factor and a density-independent factor.
What is...
Density-dependent: competition, predation, or disease
Density-independent: natural disasters, human disturbance
400
The factors of population growth that cause a decrease in the population are:
What is...
# of deaths & emigration
500
Put these organisms in the correct food chain order and assign them their correct trophic level:
hawk, grass, mouse, snake.
What is...
grass (producer) --> mouse (primary consumer) --> snake (secondary consumer) --> hawk (tertiary consumer)
500
The difference between energy flow and the flow of matter
What is...
- Energy flow: flows in one direction & is lost as heat
- Flow of Matter: can be recycled & transformed
500
Define the three types of symbiotic relationships
Bonus +200 points for providing an example of each.
What is...
Mutualism: both benefit
Parasitism: one benefits, the other is harmed
Commensalism: one benefits, the other is unaffected
500
The cycle that is most directly affected when a farmer uses large amounts of fertilizer, and after heavy rain, the fertilizer washes into nearby lakes and rivers
What is the phosphorus cycle?