Levels of Organization
What is the difference between biotic and abiotic factors?
Biotic= living, Abiotic= non-living
Both species benefit. This is an example of...
Mutualism
What is the difference between a producer and a consumer?
Producers use sunlight to make energy, consumers need to eat for energy.
Give an example of a disturbance that would cause primary succession.
A volcanic eruption
What are the two ways populations can grow?
Logistic and exponential
Grizzly bears and black bears live in the same area. Is this a population? Explain why or why not.
No, because a population only consists of one species.
A tick feeding off of a dog is an example of...
Parasitism
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web? Which one is more correct?
A food chain only shows a linear relationship between certain species while a food web shows more interconnectedness. The food web is more correct.
Give an example of a disturbance that would cause secondary succession.
A forest fire
What is a limiting factor?
Something that impacts the growth of the population
What is a biosphere?
A planet that contains life (Earth)
What kind of relationship is meant by this symbol (+/-)?
Parasitism
In a food web, where are the arrows always supposed to point?
Which will take longer- primary or secondary succession?
Primary
If a population stops growing at 20,000 individuals, what would you call that 20,000 mark?
A group of birds are living in a tree that has insects in it. What would this be an example of?
A community
A specific type of shrimp rides on a sea cucumber to get around the ocean, but this doesn't have an effect on the sea cucumber. This is an example of...
What is the difference between a heterotroph and an autotroph? Name 3 types of heterotrophs.
Heterotroph= consumer- carnivore, herbivore, omnivore
Autotroph= producer
Lichens and mosses
Name 2 organisms have a Type 1 survivorship curve?
Elephants, humans, chimps
How is an ecosystem different from a community? You must use at least 2 ecology vocab words.
Ecosystems have both biotic and abiotic factors, while communities only have biotic factors.
Give an example of all 3 symbiotic relationships that we talked about.
Commensalism- a whale and barnacles
Mutualism- a cleaner fish and sharks
Parasitism- a tapeworm and a pig
If grass contains 350 calories, how much energy will the cow receive from the grass?
35 calories
What is usually the last species to arrive in succession? What is it called when the environment is at its peak.
Tertiary consumer; climax community
Name 2 organisms have a Type 3 survivorship curve?