Vocabulary
The scientific term for any living thing.
What is an organism?
The trophic level of an herbivore.
What is primary consumer?
Two words that rhyme with "consumer". (30 seconds)
boomer, producer,
Light, minerals, water, and rocks but NOT flowers, ants, and people.
hint: the answer is an ecology vocabulary term
What are "abiotic" things.
The organism that a parasite lives in or on in a parasitism interaction.
What is a host?
The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving surroundings. This includes abiotic and biotic factors.
What is an ecosystem?
The food source for secondary consumers.
What is other animals?
You have been cast in the role of a producer (as in an organism that PRODUCES its own food) in the school play. Demonstrate your skills with a quick (and silent) portrayal of your character.
Demonstration must somehow show what producers are/do.
Accept any reasonable demonstration, that clearly shows knowledge of what producers are/do.
Out of the following, the best example of a population:
What is/are:
b. Ants living in soil
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.
What is prey?
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
What is commensalism?
The trophic level for organisms at the beginnning of a food chain.
What are producers?
The ummm game. You must talk about "ecology" for 10 seconds without using the word "ummmm" and without repeating yourself.
Other group members keep track of time.
Time starts......NOW!
Accept any reasonable effort-This is hard!
One reason why fire is sometimes beneficial to an ecosystem.
What is (accept any reasonable answer):
-Fire can reduce or eliminate introduced species, since they are poorly adapted to fire conditions?
-Fire is needed for some plants to reproduce?
-Fire can act as a decomposer, breaking down materials and replacing nutrients in the soil?
The relationship zebra and wildebeest have when they drink from the same watering hole.
What is competition?
An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms.
What is a decomposer?
The scientific name for a 4th level consumer. Must be spelled correctly to get the points.
What is quatenary consumer.
Why do trees have so many friends? They _____ out. (1 word)
What is they "branch out"?
Ecosystems can change gradually or suddenly. Sudden, major change is called a "disruption".
Name 2 ways ecosystems can be disrupted.
What is by (accept all reasonable answers. Answers must involve sudden and major change to an ecosystem):
-Fire
-Natural disasters
-Catastrophic pollution
A symbiotic interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
What is predation?
The three types of symbiosis.
What are commensalism, mutualism and parasitism?
This is a way to show how energy in a food web is allocated. Usually there is a large base and a pointed top.
What is an energy pyramid/ecological pyramid?
When I bought some fruit trees the nursery owner also gave me some insects to help with pollination. (He didn't charge me for the insects).
They were free _______.
What is bees? (free bees)
Ecosystems can change gradually or suddenly. Sudden, major change is called a "disruption".
Name 1 way ecosystems can undergo gradual change.
Accept any reasonable answer. Possibilities include growth of plants, cycles of birth and death, etc.
All of the types of biotic interactions (5) discussed in class. Must be spelled correctly for points.
What are:
-competition
-predation
-commensalism
-mutualism
-parasitism