Sphere of the Earth
The four spheres of the Earth
What are the Geosphere (Lithosphere), Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere
The scientific study of interactions between organisms and their environments
What is ecology
Organisms that obtain energy from the sun
Autotrophs
Where the greatest number of organisms can be found in a trophic pyramid
What is Trophic level one (at the bottom of the trophic pyramid)
Batesian Mimicry
What is when a nontoxic organism mimics a toxic organism
What the geosphere is made up of
What is, rocks, minerals, soil
Biotic Factor
What are the living organisms that inhabit an environment
Plant eaters
What are herbivories
The amount of energy that is transferred from one trophic level to another
What is 10%
The oxpecker relationship to other larger animals
What is mutualism or Parasitism
The portion of the hydrosphere that is frozen
What is the cryosphere
Interacting populations
What is Community
Many overlapping food chains
What is a food web
The First Law of Thermodynamics
What is energy cannot be created or destroyed
Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and both animals feed on the honey
What is mutualism
The sphere where all life is found
What is the biosphere
All biotic and abiotic factors in a certain area
What is an Ecosystem
Organisms that can be found at every point in the food web if an organism dies
What are decomposers and scavengers
Fleas or ticks living off the blood of a host animal
What is Parasitism
Thanatosis
What is when animals play dead to deter predators
Two gases that make up most of the atmosphere
What are nitrogen and oxygen
The role in which an organism can occupy without competition
What is a fundamental niche
The difference between scavengers and decomposers
What is Scavengers: eat animals that have already died; Decomposers: break down dead and decaying matter into simpler molecules that can be absorbed
Mutualism
What is a relationship where both organisms benefit
The name of Ms. Kelly's cat
What is Swift