Ecology 101
This terms describes an organism's role and how it uses resources in its own environment
Competition between different species is called this...
Interspecific Competition
On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?
Bottom
The physical place where an organism lives
Habitat
An interaction where one species benefits and the other is unaffected is called...
Commensalism
Generalist
Pollination is an example of what kind of interaction?
Mutualism
How many sides does a stop sign have?
8
Two species cannot share the same niche in the same habitat. What PRINCIPLE does this represent?
Competitive Exclusion Principle
Name the interaction: a lion hunts a zebra
Predation
Two bird species eat insects in the same forest, but one feeds in trees and the other on the ground.
1. What is this called?
2. Does this increase or decrease competition?
Resource Partitioning
Decreases competition
All members of one species living in the same area make up a ____________
Population
What is Baby Yoda's real name?
Grogu
Which type of species, a specialist or a generalist, has a wider tolerance range?
Generalist
How many bones are there in the human body?
206
Which interaction benefits one species and harms the other by living on or in it?
Parasitism
List the levels of organization from smallest to largest and give an example for two levels
Individual/Organism
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biosphere
Name all four Ninja Turtles
Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Donatello
True or false: Predators are always carnivores (meat eaters)
False
True or false: multiple interactions can occur simultaneously in a single ecosystem
TRUE! THEY HAVE TO.
Remember more roles = more biodiversity
More biodiversity = healthier ecosystem
A species has a narrow tolerance range for temperature.
Predict what would likely happen to its population if average temperatures increase.
Population would decrease
What is the difference between the community level and ecosystem level in ecology?
Abiotic factors
What show has an ice cream shop called Scoops Ahoy?
Stranger Things
What happens to the prey population if all the predators are removed?
Prey population spikes and then they eventually deplete their resources and either move or interspecific competition causes them to die out
What is the #1 most streamed song on Spotify EVER? (with over 5 billion streams...)
Blinding Lights by The Weeknd