Vocab
A diagram showing the eating patterns for organisms in an ecosystem
Food Chain
I am an organism.
I make my own food, using the energy from the sun. What type of organism am I?
Producer
What are 3 types of limiting factors?
Food, Water and Shelter
What are the 3 types of Symbiotic Relationships?
Mutualism, Commensalism and Parasitism
What are the 3 main types of human impact?
1. URBANIZATION
2. DEFORESTATION
3. DESERTIFICATION
An organism that eats other organisms to obtain energy
Consumer
What consumer gets their energy directly from a producer?
Primary Consumer
Are plants, animals and decomposers biotic or abiotic factors?
Biotic factors
Oxpeckers will typically eat parasites and bugs off of Rhinos, which helps the Rhinos stay clean. What type of symbiotic relationship do they have?
A. Parasitism
B. Mutualism
C. Commensalism
B. Mutualism
What are the "3 R's" that we can do to help conserve natural resources?
Reduce, reuse, recycle
Close Relationship between two organisms
Symbiosis
There are three levels of consumers that we talked about for food web / chain. What are the names of the types of consumers?
______, ______, and ______
Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary
What's it called when all members of a species disappears from Earth?
Extinction
With sharks, you will often see remora fish. These fish get protection and food from the sharks, while the sharks are unaffected. What type of symbiotic relationship do they have?
A. Parasitism
B. Mutualism
C. Commensalism
C. Commensalism
True or False: Not all deforestation is caused by humans. It can be caused by natural factors (such as fire or overgrazing).
True
Development of large areas for cities
Urbanization
Write down the difference between a food chain & a food web
Food chain: a one-to-one relationship between organism
Food web: a series of food chains (one organism affecting multiple organisms in different levels of the web)
Sunlight, water and temperature are examples of what type of factor?
Biotic
or
Abiotic
Abiotic
You went on a walk in the woods with your dog. A few days later you see that your dog isn't feeling well and has ticks on them. What type of symbiotic relationship does your dog and ticks have?
A. Parasitism
B. Mutualism
C. Commensalism
A. Parasitism
True or False: Invasive Species is not an considered human impact.
False. Invasive Species are considered human impact.
Maximum population size that can be supported in a particular area without destroying the habitat
Carrying Capacity
Compost Piles are used to break down food and other trash from once living things. Why would a gardener be happy to find mushrooms in their compost piles?
Mushrooms consume dead organic material.
What are the 2 other limiting factors we have talked about?
Density-dependent (disease, competition) and Density-Independent (flooding, wildfires)
Sharks, dolphins, and seabirds often eat the same type of fish in ocean ecosystems. Since they are all going after the same resource, what is this called?
A. Parasitism
B. Mutualism
C. Competition
C. Competition
Human actives can affect plant growth. An industrial park is built near a forested area. Which of the following environmental factors cause by the industrial park is MOST LIKELY to affect the forest?
A. Lack of rainfall
B. Air Pollution
C. Too much sunlight
B. Air Pollution