Symbiosis
What is Symbiosis?
Relationships between organisms that live in the same area.
What is Ecology?
Ecology is the study of the relationships between living organisms and their surroundings (non living).
What is a producer?
Producers are living things that create their own food.
Litho is greek for what?
STONE
What is essential to all life on Earth?
The Sun
Give an example of a parasitic relationship.
Ticks, tapeworms, beetle on plants, etc.
What are 4 ABIOTIC factors of an ecosystem
1. rock
2. water
3. air
4. temperature
Are plants the ONLY producers, true or false?
False, some bacteria can also be producers.
Atmo is greek for?
AIR
Name 3 biomes
Forest, Marine (Ocean), Tundra, Grassland, Savannah, Desert, Taiga.
(Any other)
What is a mutualistic relationship?
When both organisms benefit from the relationship.
What are BIOTIC factors of an ecosystem
Plants, animals
What can be a consumer?
Any animal could be a consumer.
The spheres do not always interact with each other.
TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
What do the arrows represent in a food chain/web?
The arrows show the MOVEMENT OF ENERGY between organisms.
Barnacles living on the sides of whales is an example of commensalism. True/False
True
What do you call a scientist that studies ecology?
You would call them a ecologist.
What is the third consumer called...
Tertiary consumer
What is the Hydrosphere
all the water near or on the earth's surface
Name the trophic level occupied by plants.
Primary Producers
What kind of relationship would clown fish and sea anemone be?
Mutualism
Ecology is the study of interactions between:
1.
2.
3.
1. Organisms and their environment.
2. Different groups of organisms.
3. The living and nonliving components of the environment.
How do decomposers help the ecosystem?
Decomposers help the ecosystem by eating the dead plants and animals and they keep track of the flow of nutrients.
Name all four of the spheres
Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere
Use these terms to write out a food chain (DO NOT NEED TO WRITE ANIMALS)
Tertiary Consumer, Producer, Sun, Secondary consumer, Primary Consumer
Sun--> Producer --> Primary Consumer --> Secondary Consumer --> Tertiary Consumer