The study of living things and how they interact with their environment
What is Ecology
100
The most energy in an energy pyramid is found here
What is the bottom
100
this is a relationship that benefits one organism but harms another
What is parasitism
100
Species that are ________________ share a more common ancestor
What is Closely Related
100
Different species of animals in an ecosystem would most likely be similar in which of the following?
1)physical structure
2)food requirements
3)abiotic requirements
4)number of offspring produced
What is (3) abiotic requirements
200
Rock, Oxygen, Water, Sun
These are all examples of?
What are Abiotic Factors
200
This is an organism that makes its own food.
What is a Producer or Autotroph
200
this is a relationship that benefits both species involved
What is mutualism
200
Structures in different organisms that have similar functions
What are Homologous structures
300
Tree, Rabbit, Human, Bush, Zombie?
What are Biotic factors
300
Each step in a food chain is called this
What is a Trophic Level
300
this relationship helps one species and does not help or harm the other species
What is commensalism
300
This is the survival and reproduction of the organisms best adapted to the environment
What is Natural Selection
400
Arrange the following from largest to smallest
individual
community
ecosystem
habitat
population
biome
biosphere
What is biosphere,biome,ecosystem, habitat, community, population, individual
400
In this food chain, the Herbivore is __________
Grass-->Mouse-->Snake-->Owl
What is the Mouse
400
Name this relationship
The oxpecker rides on the rhino's back and feeds on ticks from the rhino. The oxpecker gets a meal and the rhino gets rid of pests
What is mutualism
400
Food, Climate and Predators are examples of ______ that favor one trait over another
What is a Selecting Agent
500
This is a number of the same species in a certain area
What is a population
500
In an energy pyramid made of the following organisms this organism would have the least amount of energy available to it
ant, berry,cat, bird
What is the cat
500
a barnacle creates a home for itself by attaching to a whale
What is commensalism
500
This was the selecting agent for the peppered moth in the 1800-1900's