Symbiosis
Mutualism
What is the difference between biotic factors and abiotic factors?
Biotic factors are living and abiotic factors are non living
What is the name for the top of the food chain. (Give me both names.)
Quaternary or Apex predator
The place within an ecosystem where an organism lives is called its...
Habitat
What do the arrows on a food web show?
The flow of energy
In what symbiotic relationship does one member benefit and one member get harmed?
Parasitism
What would need to occur in a population size for an increase in competition?
An increase in population size
Where do decomposers get their energy from in a food web?
Dead organisms/ Dead organic matter
What term describes anything that restricts the size of a population?
Limiting factor
What would most likely occur to the bird populations if they were unable to make nests?
Decrease
What is the relationship between a mosquito and a human?
Parasitism
Bears used to live all over but have had to move out in areas where cities have developed. Based on the evidence, what limiting factor has caused a decrease bear populations?
Space / Shelter
What is the name for the third consumer in a food chain?
Tertiary Consumer
The size of a population compared to the amount of space available is called..
Population Density
If a wildfire swept across a habitat, killing most of the plants and some animals, what would be the result for the remaining animals?
The food supply would be limit/ They would have to move to a new area
What is the relationship between a bee and flower?
Mutualism
Food supply can be a factor that limits the size of a population. How will the predator population be affected by a decrease in the size of the prey population?
The predator population would also decrease
What is the difference between a heterotroph and an autotroph?
A heterotroph cannot create their own food (consumer) and an autotroph creates their own food (producer)
The parts of the Earth and the surrounding atmosphere where there is life is called the?
Biosphere
What is the name for the maximum amount of organisms in a specific environment?
Carrying capacity
What is the relationship between a shark and a remora fish?
Commensalism
Alligators a territorial predators. What benefit does an alligator have for being territorial?
Less competition for food
Algae would be in what trophic level in the food chain?
Producer
What a species does in its habitat to survive, ex. butterflies feed on flower nectar, sloths eat leaves is called?
What is the specific name for an organism that can be found in a compost pile? (Hint: Not decomposer)
Detritivore