Animals
Ecology A
Ecology B
Environments
Fun Facts
100
What animal has the largest population in the Serengeti

What is a wildebeest?

100

The seasonal movement of animals from one area to another.

What is migration?

100

The community of organisms and its environment.

What is an ecosystem?

100

The cause of plant growth in the Serengeti and the driver for migrations.

What is rainfall?

100

The meaning of the name "Serengeti" which is derived from "siringet" in Maasai or Maa.

What is "endless plains"?

200

What predator lives in water in the Serengeti? 

What are crocodiles ?

200

a large geographic biotic unit, a major community of plants and animals with similar life forms and environmental conditions.

What is a biome?

200

Key interactions that regulate populations and maintain ecological balance.

What is predator-prey relationships?

200
Serengeti Location

What are Tanzania and Kenya?

200

This Disney movie has a location inspired by the geographic features of the Serengeti.

What is Lion King?

300

What are two predators in Africa?

What is a lion and a cheetah? (hyenas, wild African dogs)

300
An interaction between organisms for resources like food or shelter.

What is competition?

300

Two type of biomes

What is aquatic and terrestrial?

300

An annual movement of over 1.5 million wildebeests and hundreds of thousands of zebras and gazelles in search of grazing and water.

What is the great migration?

300

The length of the wildebeest migration path.

What is 500-620 miles (800-1000 km)?

400

What type of animal has no predators in the Serengeti?

What are elephants?

400

two types of conservations of animals (inside a zoo and outside in the wild)

in-situ and ex-situ

400

Altering rainfall patterns and affecting the migration cycle

What is climate change?

400

Non-native species can disrupt local ecosystems.

What are invasive species?

400
  • Pollution: Air, water, and soil contamination.

  • Deforestation: Loss of habitats and biodiversity.

  • Climate Change: Alters habitats and species distribution.

  • Invasive Species: Non-native species that disrupt local ecosystems.

What are human impact?

500

How many wildebeests are in the Serengeti?

What are 1.5 million?

500

The maximum number of organisms of a species that can be sustainably supported by an ecosystem. Denoted by the letter K.

What is carrying capacity?

500

an environmental factor that limits the growth, distribution, or abundance of a population or organism in an ecosystem

What is limiting factor?

500

Features grasslands, woodlands, and riverine forests.

What are Serengeti landscape?

500

The Big 5 animals that are all found in the Serengeti.

(Name all five)

What are lion, cheetah, gazelle, elephant and wildebeest?