Interactions
Vocabulary
Ocean Systems
Long/Short Term
Food Web
100
What is a symbiotic relationship?
Close associations formed between pairs of species
100
What is the sum of all living matter on Earth?
Biosphere
100
Overfishing and over-harvesting are the same things
T/F
True
100
What is a short-term change to the environment?
A short term change is an environmental change that occurs quickly and effects organisms immediately.
100
What do the arrows on a food web indicate?
The flow or transfer of energy
200
Name the 3 symbiotic relationships
Parasitism, Commensalism, and Mutualism
200
What is competition?
living things compete for the same food, shelter, mates, and other resources.
200
For what reasons do humans use the ocean systems?
Transportation, food, medicine, recreation
200
What is a long term change?
A long term change is a change to the environment that is much more gradual and allows certain species the opportunity to adapt.
200
An animal can be both a predator and a prey. T/F
Give one example
True
EX: A snake (predator) eats a mouse (prey), and a hawk (predator) eats the snake (prey)
300
What is an example of a mutualistic relationship in New Braunfels?
Answers may vary
EX: bees and flowers
300
What is population?
Population is all of the same species located in the same area.
300
What are some things that humans can do to help conserve the ocean systems?
Not litter, use less water, use less energy, and fish responsibly.
300
Floods, forest fires, drought, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions are all examples of
short term environmental changes
300
What is an abiotic factor. Example?
What is a biotic factor. Example?
Abiotic: non-living
Biotic: living
400
Lice and Humans are an example of which type of symbiotic relationship.
Parasitism
400
What is an invasive species?
What is a native species?
Invasive species is an organism that is introduced to an environment that becomes overpopulated and harms its new environment.
Native species is a species that is indigenous to the region.
400
What is an artificial reef?
A manmade, underwater structure that promotes the growth of reef dwelling aquatic organisms.
400
The ice age, global warming, deforestation, and extinction of species are all examples of...
long term environmental changes
400
Looking at the picture below. Which animal would be the most affected if frogs were killed off?
Grasshoppers
500
Name an example of a commensalistic relationship in the ocean ecosystem. Explain.
Answers will vary
EX: remora fish and shark
500
What is succession? Give an example of primary and secondary succession.
Succession is a series of progressive change in the composition of an ecological community over time.
Primary: lava cools and creates new rock and glacier retreats and exposes new rock.
Secondary: wildfires clear the land
500
If the acidity in the oceans keeps increasing every year, which poses a greater threat to ocean life? Explain your answer.
A. Coral Reefs
B.Sea Turtles
C.Algae
D. Kelp
Coral Reefs- because the acid eats away at the calcium carbonate that makes up the reef.
500
How long does it take for something to be classified as a long term environmental change?
How long does it take for something to be classified as a short term environmental change?
1. Hundreds, thousands, or billion of years
2. Days, weeks, months, years
500
What animals are competing for the mouse. Explain in detail.
Owl, Fox, and Hawk