Definitions
Anything that has the characteristics of life is a/an?
Organism
What is the difference between intraspecific and interspecific competition?
Intraspecific is competition in the same species while interspecific is competition in different species.
What are the 8 characteristics of life?
One or more cells, Organization, Growth&Development, Reproduce, Respond to stimuli, Energy, Homeostasis, Adaptation
Heartworms develop inside a dog's heart. What kid of relationship is this?
Who was Ernst Haeckel?
The first person to use the word 'ecology' in 1866.
What is a biological community?
Group of interacting populations.
What is the difference between biotic and abiotic?
Abiotic is all of the non-living factors in an environment and biotic is all of the living factors.
What are the four types of heterotrophs?
1) Herbivore
2) Carnivore
3) Omnivore
4) Detritivore
A clownfish using a sea anemones as a home is an example of what relationship?
Mutualism
What is the difference between response and adaptation?
Response is a reaction to stimuli and adaptation is changes over a long period of time.
What is ecology?
What is the difference between an autotroph and a heterotroph?
An autotroph makes its own food while a heterotroph consumes other organisms.
What are the four things science does not study?
1) One time events
2) Ideas that can't be quantified
3) Religion
4) Personal Values
In a food web, an arrow is pointing from a frog to a raven, what is being eaten and what is doing the eating?
The frog is being eaten by the raven.
Why do we have to have a food web and not just food chains?
Environments are more complicated than a simple food chain. Most organisms feed on more than one species.
What is symbiosis?
Relationship in which two organisms live in close association.
What is the difference between a theory and a law?
A theory explains the outcome while a law describes the outcome of many experiments.
List the 6 levels of organization in the correct order.
1) Individual
2) Population
3) Community
4) Ecosystem
5) Biome
6) Biosphere
Zach lives right on the same route Cody takes to drive to school. On his way to school Cody stops to pick up Zach and gives him a ride to school. What kind of relationship is this?
Commensalism
How much energy is lost at each trophic level in an ecological pyramid?
90%
____________ predict the outcome of an experiment, an educated guess.
Hypothesis
What is the difference between niche and habitat?
Niche is an organisms job in an environment while habitat is just it's location.
List the five ways species interact.
1) Competition
2) Predation
3) Parasitism
4) Mutualism
5) Commensalism
What is the difference between herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, and detritivores?
H= only eats autotrophs(plants)
C= only eat other heterotrophs(meat)
O= can eat both plants and animals
D= eats dead matter
What is Uncertainty of Measurement?
Your measurements can always be more accurate.