Cycles
What is the original source of energy in most ecosystems?
A. Carbon
B. Sunlight
C. Water
B. Sunlight
Precipitation, Transpiration, Evaporation, and Condensation are all apart of what cycle?
Water Cycle
What type of succession involves a disturbance (natural disaster) in the ecosystem?
Secondary Succession
Describe what Abiotic means.
Describe what Biotic means.
Abiotic is non-living aspects in the environment
Biotic is living organisms in the environment
How much energy is transferred between trophic levels on an energy pyramid?
How much energy is loss between trophic levels on an energy pyramid?
Transferred: 10%
Loss: 90%
Photosynthesis, Fossil Fuels, and and CO2 are all examples of which cycle?
Carbon Cycle
PHOSPHORUS CYCLE
The physical and chemical breakdown of rocks is know as?
weathering
What type of organism is it?
- Non-native to the environment
- No natural predator in the environment
- Causes harm to the environment
A. Invasive Species
B. Keystone Species
C. Foundation Species
A. Invasive Species
What type of relationship is it?
A. A tick feeds on blood from a human
B. A wolf protects lion cubs and the wolf is given shelter by the lion.
C. A snake paralyzes a rabbit by releasing poison into it so that it can eat it.
A. Parasitism
B. Mutualism
C. Predation
Put the levels of organization in order from smallest to largest.
Levels: Biome, Population, Community, Organism, Ecosystem, Bioshpere
Organisms
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biome
Bioshpere
What two ways can you add carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?
Combustion and Cellular Respiration
What is it called when you remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and make glucose?
Photosynthesis
What is a limiting Factor?
An aspect of the ecosystem that prevents the population from growing.
What are decomposers?
Organisms that break down dead organisms
What is it called when different species are competing for the same resource?
A. Intraspecific Competition
B. Interconnected Competition
C. Interspecific Competition
D. Intermotive Competition
C. Interspecific Competition
Ammonium, Nitrates, Denitrification are all apart of what cycle?
Nitrogen Cycle
NITROGEN CYCLE
What is the process called when nitrogen gas is turned into a useable form of nitrogen (ammonium)?
Nitrogen Fixation
What type of limiting factor is it?
Scenario A: A disease killed many people and caused the population to stop growing in population.
Scenario B: A flood killed many people in a town causing the town to stop growing in population.
A: Density Dependent Limiting Factor
B: Density Independent Limiting Factor
Are primary consumers...
A. Carnivores
B. Omnivores
C. Herbivores
Herbivores
What are the trophic level names in order?
1. Producer
2. Primary Consumer
3. Secondary Consumer
4. Tertiary Consumer
Greenhouse gases are gases that can change the structure of the planet's atmosphere. These gases often lead to global warming.
Which is a disadvantage of greenhouse gases?
A. Trapping oxygen
B. Recycling energy
C. Recycling Nitrogen
D. Trapping Warmth
D. Trapping Warmth
An increase in global warming is caused by the increase of CO2 in the atmosphere.
How do humans add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?
Burning Fossil Fuels
or
Exhaling
1. Draw the Growth Curve
2. Tell me does it belong in a limited or unlimited environment.
Exponential Growth Curve
Logistic Growth Curve
Exponential: Lagging followed by rapid increase; Unlimited
Logistic: Lagging, rapid increase, carrying capacity; Limited
Complete the energy transfer.
Producer: 6483J
Primary Consumer: ?
Secondary Consumer: ?
Tertiary Consumer: ?
PC: 648.3J
SC: 64.83J
TC: 6.483J
Biomagnification increases in concentration of toxins as you move up the trophic levels.
Which animal is most affected by biomagnification?
Human because it is at the top of the pyramid/Food chain.