Ecology Chapter 1

Section 1

100

What is the part of Earth that supports life?

Biosphere

200

The study of interactions that occur among organisms and their environment

Ecology  

300

The place in which an organism lives?

Habitat

400

**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**

The four things a habitat must provide to support life are food, shelter, temperature, and ________

water or moisture

500

The smallest category that an Ecologist can study in a single organism...followed by population.  What is the largest category an Ecologist can study?

Ecosystem

Section 2

100

When two or more organisms seek the same resource at the same time, it is called _________

competition

200

TRUE/FALSE

Competition is usually most intense among members of the same species   (ex: chipmunks fighting with other chipmunks)

TRUE

300

The size of a population that occupies a specific area is called population _________

density

400

The largest number of organisms that an ecosystem can support is called ___________

carrying capacity     OR    limiting factor

carrying capacity

500

Any nonliving or living factor that impacts the number of organisms that can live there.

biotic potential   OR   limiting factor

limiting factor

Section 3

100

Producers create their own energy through two processes...either chemosynthesis or ____________.

photosynthesis

200

Consumers that are ________ can eat both vegetation or other consumers.

omnivores

300

A food _____ shows simple feeding relationships in an ecosystem or community.

chain

400

Any close relationship between organisms that aren't the same species is called __________

Niche   OR   Symbiosis

symbiosis

500

**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**

________ is a symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other IS NOT affected at all.  

Commensalism  

Vocabulary

100

Consumers that only eat vegetation 

Herbivore

200

A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed

parasitism 

300

The movement of organisms into or out of a location 

migration

400

The size of a population that occupies a specific area

population density

500

A chemical required for producers during the process of photosynthesis

chlorophyl 

Videos

100

What kind of symbiotic relationship did the drongo bird have with the meerkats?

mutualism

200

In which mountain range was the snow leopard found in?  (don't say Mt. Everest)

Himalayan 

300

Which of these animals was NOT one of the animals we used for our "Migration" presentations

Caribou  -  Salmon   -   Red Crabs-  Monarch Butterfly

Red Crabs

400

TRUE /  FALSE

Ibex (small antelope) live on very steep cliffs in the Rocky Mountains of the United States and are hunted by Timberwolves.  

FALSE

500

TRUE / FALSE

The entire population of Pigme 3-Toes Sloths live on one island no bigger than New York City's Central Park.  

TRUE