All Systems Go!
At its most basic level, all systems have _______ and _______.
What are INPUTS and OUTPUTS.
These are the living and nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.
What are BIOTIC FACTOR and ABIOTIC FACTORS?
Name the three textures of soil.
What are SOIL, CLAY and SILT?
This is used to distinguish one species from another based on two choices of characteristics for each step.
What is a DICHOTOMOUS KEY?
Ms. Liu's rabbit, Sesame, would be in which trophic level? (give the name of the feeding relationship)
What is PRIMARY CONSUMER?
Sunlight entering an ecosystem for plants to use is an example of a _______ (transfer or transformation)?
What is TRANSFORMATION?
A food chain which demonstrates a hawk eating a fox pup, who ate a rabbit, would have ____ trophic levels.
What is MECHANIZATION?
If you wanted to determine the population of a motile species you'd use this method.
What is CAPTURE-MARK-RELEASE-RECAPTURE method (Lincoln Index)?
The farm Ms. Liu lives beside does ____________ farming.
What is SUBSISTENCE FARMING?
The type of feedback loop exemplified by: A warmer atmosphere will melt ice and this changes the albedo which further warms the atmosphere.
What is POSITIVE FEEDBCK?
This occurs when toxins stored in fatty tissue become concentrated as they move up the food chain.
What is a BIOMAGNIFICATION?
A type of farming system that is small-scale BUT has a high output can be classified as __________.
What is INTENSIVE?
For an immotile species you can determine the estimated population by using this method.
What is QUADRAT SAMPLING?
Who are the TORONTO BLUE JAYS?