Ecosystems
Adaptations
Niches
Food Chains
Miscellaneous
100

Rocks, sun, temperature and wind are all examples

What is abiotic?

100

"Dogs have fur/hair to help keep them warm" is an example of this

What is a structural adaptation?

100

An organism that creates its own energy using sunlight. 

What is a producer?

100

The definition of a food web. 

All of the food chains in an ecosystem. 

100

This is an example of 


What is parasitism?

200

Grass, rotting trees, rabbits and birds are all examples

What is biotic?

200

"Birds migrate south for the winter" is an example of this type of adaptation. 

What is a behavioral adaptation?

200

Competition or Cooperation?

What is competition?

200

True or False. An organism can be a primary and secondary consumer, depending on what it is eating. 

True. 

200

This is an example of  


What is mutualism

300

A group of similar organisms that are able to reproduce with one another

What is a species?

300

True or False? Adaptations are something that helps an organism find food. 

False. They can also help organisms avoid predators, stay warm, reproduce etc. 

300

A herd of zebras working together to protect the group is an example of this. 

What is cooperation?
300

In the following food web, who is the top consumer?


What are humans?

300
This is when there is only space and food in an ecosystem for a set population.

What is a limiting factor?

400

The definition of an ecosystem

Where living and non-living things interact as a community.

400

True or False? Organisms can adapt within their lifetime. 

False, organisms with the best traits for survival pass them on and the population changes over several generations. 

400

what is this an example of?


What is niche?

400

In the food chain grass --> rabbit --> snake --> hawk, the hawk is this type of consumer. 

What is a tertiary consumer?

400

If the number of beavers increases over time, this increases as well. 

The number of dams

500

The study of organisms and their interactions with each other and their physical environment

What is ecology?

500

Give two examples of an adaptation. 

Any two adaptations. 

500

The difference between habitat and niche. 

Habitat is where the organism lives and the niche defines its role in the ecosystem like a job

500

Only ___ % of the energy an animal eats is passed on to the next level of the food chain. 

What is 10% ?

500

Analyze the graph for Norfolk, Va.

Norfolk is a current beaver range, but it is not a historical trapping area.