Biotic or Abiotic?
Ecological Relationships
Fantastic Food Chains
Population Growth
Graph Analysis
100

Grass and rocks

Biotic/Abiotic

100

An oxpecker bird eats parasitic insects off of a mammal

Mutualism

100

What is the name of the role organism A plays in the ecosystem?

Primary consumer

100

What type of growth is depicted in this graph?

Exponential growth

100

What is the dependent variable in the graph shown?

Microbial richness

200

Kangaroo and baby 

Biotic/Biotic

200

Flea takes a blood meal from a mammal

Parasitism

200

What is the name of the role organism C plays in the ecosystem?

Tertiary consumer

200

What vocabulary word is depicted by the red dotted line?

Carrying capacity

200

What is/are the independent variable(s) in the graph displayed?

Treatments: burned or unburned, control or fertilized

300

Pond water and protozoa in the water

Abiotic/Biotic

300

A bird builds a nest on a tree branch

Commensalism

300

What is the name of the role that organism F plays in the ecosystem?

Producer

300

What type of growth is depicted by this graph?

Logistical growth

300

What is the microbial richness of the unburned control treatment?

7200

400

Sunlight and atmospheric gasses

Abiotic/Abiotic

400

A deer grazes on grass

Herbivory

400

What is the name of the role that organism B plays in the ecosystem?

Secondary consumer

400

What type of growth is represented by an S shaped curve?

Logistical growth

400

What time points show a significant difference between one another?

Points 1 and 2 are significantly different from one another

500

Flower with bee collecting pollen (three factors)

Biotic/Biotic/Biotic

500

A lion hunts and kills a zebra

Predation

500

What is the role that organism E plays in the ecosystem?

Decomposer

500

What type of growth is represented by a J shaped curve?

Exponential growth

500

What is the dependent variable in the graph displayed?

FoxP3+ cells (%)