Hungry?
An organism that makes its own food using energy from the sun or other sources
Peter Rabbit is affected by many things in his environment. Earn 100 points for EACH correctly categorized item (Biotic or Abiotic).
Lettuces in the garden, competition from Flopsy and Cottontail, rain, winter temperature, Mr. McGregor's fence, Mr. McGregor's scarecrow, Mr. McGregor chasing him, a warm cozy burrow, warning about predators from other rabbits, chamomile tea
Abiotic: Rain, Temperature, Fence, Scarecrow, location for burrowing
How many trophic levels are respresented below?
grass --> grasshopper --> frog --> snake --> eagle
What is five?
When two species have a living relationship where at least one species benefits. (This is the general term for all of these types of relationships.)
What is symbiosis?
Suppose there was one itty bitty frog in particular in my swamp that scientists decided to study. This is the most specific ecological level. They are studying this.
What is an organism?
For 100, points, give at least one example of a way that people mark animals for identification.
Bonus 100 points for EVERY additional type of identification you can come up with (up to 1000 points).
What are....paint, leg bands, wing labels, ear tags, tattoos, microchips under the skin, tracking collars, ear notching, fin clipping, shell notching, visible implant elastomers (VIE).
An organism that obtains its food by feeding on other organisms or organic matter
What is a consumer?
An organism's function in it's habitat, including its relationship with other organisms
What is a niche?
In this example, which organism is the producer?
grass --> grasshopper --> frog --> snake --> eagle
What is grass?
When two organisms are in a relationship and one of them benefits while the other is harmed
Example: Fleas and dogs
What is parasitism?
Smaller sections within a similar climate area. For example, our temperate climate is dominated by forests, but also has areas that include lakes, meadows, and swamps. Each of these smaller areas that works together is called ___________.
What is an ecosystem?
After a fire or volcano, the very first species that begin to grow again are called this.
What is a pioneer species?
Plant eaters
What are herbivores?
The study of how living things interact with each other and with their physical environment
What is ecology?
A list of organisms beginning with a producer and arranged in order of what feeds on it
What is a food chain?
When two organisms live in a relationship where one benefits and the other is neither helped or harmed
Example: Hermit crabs and sea snails
What is commensalism?
Areas of the world with similar climate, animals, and plants. Each of these has a dominant plant species.
In Central PA, we live in one considered a Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forest.
What is a biome?
This biome is located near the equator and is warm and humid year round. It has the greatest diversity of species on the planet.
What is the tropical rainforest?
Meat eaters
What are carnivores?
Living things that influence organisms within an ecosystem
What are biotic factors?
Each organism in an eating list represents a __________ level.
For example: grass --> goat --> wolf
What is a trophic level?
When 2 or more organisms live together and BOTH get a benefit
Example: Bees pollinating flowers
What is mutualism?
If scientists were studying my swamp, they might look and how all LIVING things in that swamp interact. This would include the turtles, frogs, song birds, cattails, algae, and insects. They would be studying this.
What is a community?
This is the coldest and driest biome on earth. It covers 1/5 of all land on Earth. It is characterized by lichens, mosses, and small shrubs, but no trees. It has a short growing season and permafrost.
What is the tundra?
Animals that eat both plants and meat
What are omnivores?
Non-living things that influence organisms in an ecosystem
A model that shows feeding relationships within an ecosystem...not necessarily in one single straight line.
What is a food web?
When two organisms live together and don't just benefit from the relationship. Their relationship is SO strong, they cannot survive without each other.
Example: Yucca plant and yucca moth. The yucca moth is the ONLY pollinator for the yucca plant and the moth larvae ONLY feed on its seeds.
What is obligate or obligatory symbiosis?
If scientists came to my house to study my swamp, they may want to specifically study the Hyland chorus frog--of which I have MANY. If they are studying many members of one species, we would say that are studying this.
What is a population?
Depending on where you live, you may call this biome by different names. Steppes, veldts, pampas, and prairies are characterized by grazing animals and the plant they eat.
What are temperate grasslands? (just "grasslands" is acceptable)