Energy Pyramids
Which organisms belong in the bottom layer of the pyramid?
Producers
What contains all of the food chains in an ecosystem?
This biome covers nearly 70% of the earth.
The Ocean
What is the relationship between a dog and a tick?
Parasitism
What is an Abiotic factor in an ecosystem?
Anything that is non-living.
OR
Examples: Air, CO2, rocks, water, etc.
How much energy is transferred from one level to a higher one?
10%
Fungus, bacteria, and worms belong to what category?
Decomposers
This biome stretches from Alaska to North America.
Coniferous Forest
Define Symbiosis
A close relationship between two kinds of organisms, or living things.
In Star wars, what biome is the planet "Kamino"?
Ocean
Tertiary Level organisms mainly eat...?
Other Consumers (meat)
What is a group of organisms linked in linear order of the food they eat called?
A Food Chain
This biome has large hardwood trees like oak, ash, birch, and beech.
Deciduous Forest
What kind of symbiotic relationship do you and your gut bacteria have?
Mutualism
Name at least one Tertiary Consumer in this food chain:
Wild Flowers➡️Caterpillar➡️Small Birds➡️Owls➡️Bobcats
Owls and/or Bobcats
What type of consumers are humans for the most part?
Secondary Consumers/Second Level Consumers
When energy moves from one organism to another in a food chain or food web, it is called ___________.
Energy Transfer
What is a Biome?
An area that can contain multiple Ecosystems.
What is the organism that supports a parasite called?
A Host
What biome does Anakin Skywalker hate most? He claims, ""I don't like sand. It's coarse, and rough, and irritating, and it gets everywhere."
The Desert Biome
If the Producer level starts with 5,000,000 KCals of energy, how much energy would be left be the time it gets to the Tertiary Level?
5,000 KCals
What is one way that food webs and food chains are similar to each other?
-Contain organisms
-Show energy transfer
-Can both have producers, consumers, and decomposers
Two part question:
1. What is Biodiversity?
2. Which Biome is the MOST biodiverse?
1. The variety of all living things. (Plants, animals, and microorganisms)
2. The Rainforest
The remora fish can attach itself to a shark, whale, or large turtle and be carried from meal to meal, feeding on scraps scattered when they feed. They are not affected by the remora fish at all. What relationship is this?
Commensalism
Utah has four major biomes. Can you name one of them?
Desert, forests, alpine, or swampy (wetland)