Mystery
Organism Relationships
Vocabulary
Ecological Succession #1
Ecological Succession #2
100

What type of tree produce cones?

Softwood

100

A relationship where two organism of different species benefit each other

Mutualism

100

The base that plants and animals live on

substrate

100

Examples of new ______________ are hardened lava and bare rock.

substrate

100

This type of succession can occur from decades to hundreds of years

Secondary Succession
200

DAILY DOUBLE:

What is the difference between an ecosystem and a community?

Ecosystems include abiotic factors and community does not

200

A relationship between 2 organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is unharmed.

Commensalism

200

The study of organisms and their relationship with their environment

Ecology

200

the series of changes occurring in a newly formed, barren habitat

primary succession

200

DAILY DOUBLE

Name the succession of the following seres:


1. New Substrate appears

2.  Pioneer species of lichen, moss, and algae begin to grow.

3.  Soil appears and grass, flowers begin to grow.

4.  A mature community grows in the fertile soil

Primary Succession

300

All the living and non-living organisms interacting in a given area

ecosystem

300

Mistletoe grows on shrubs and steals the water and nutrients from the shrub, causing damage to the shrub. What type symbiotic relationship is this?

Parasitism

300

A stage in succession

sere

300

Primary or Secondary Succession??

Forest fires

Secondary

300

What is the difference between abiotic and biotic factors?

Biotic is living or once living organisms. Abiotic is something that has never been alive.

400
the smallest level of ecological organization

organism

400

What is the difference between a producer and a consumer?

Producers make their own food and consumer live off of other plants and animals.

400

a series of predictable changes over time

ecological succession

400

Primary or Secondary??


Glacier retreat

Primary

400

Sunlight and Temperature is an example of a biotic or abiotic factor?

Abiotic

500

In our career critters activity, which critter solved the mosquito egg problem at the golf course?

Gambusia fish

500

A mite attaching to a wasp in order to gain a faster mode of transportation. The wasp is unharmed. What symbiotic relationship is this?

Commensalism

500

the first species to populate or repopulate a barren or disturbed area

pioneer species

500

In this type of succession, pioneer species and damaged soil is in the first sere

Secondary Succession

500

Farming is an example of what causes what type of succession?

Secondary