Misc.
What % of energy gets transferred to the next trophic level?
10%
living
Define herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore
eats both plants and meat
eats only meat
In order, name the levels from bottom to top of a trophic pyramid
primary producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer
What two words describe a gain in population?
births, immigration
This word describes HOW an organism lives in an environment.
niche
What are abiotic factors?
non-living
Define detritivore
organism that eats dead and decaying matter
Primary consumers are strictly
herbivores
What two words describe a decline in population?
deaths, emmigration
Term for when water becomes its gaseous state and travels up to the clouds
evaporation
The lowest level of ecology is
an organism
Based on the food web shown to you, identify one animal that is a primary producer
grasses, berries and flowers, seeds
All producers get their energy from
the sun
Conditions have to be ideal (unlimited food, water, resources...etc) in which type of population growth?
exponential growth
What are two two main processes of the oxygen cycle?
photosynthesis and cellular respiration
What do you call an organism that has an unusually large effect on the surrounding ecosystem?
keystone species
Based on the food web shown to you, identify one organism that is a herbivore
deer, butterfly, grouse, marmot, chipmunk
secondary consumers and up can be both:
herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, detritovores
omnivores and carnivores
Give an example of a mutualism relationship
Both benefit
Describe primary succession.
Must occur in an area that has not previously supported life
What level of ecology has both biotic and abiotic factors?
an ecosystem
Based on the food web, identify one organism that is STRICTLY a carnivore
hawk
secondary consumer
One benefits, one is harmed