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Ecology Review
Question | Answer |
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Both consumers and producers are a source of food for | Omnivores |
Producers are | Plants |
Consumers are | Animals |
Animals that eat only plants are | Herbivores |
Animals that eat only meat are | Carnivores |
Animals that eat both plants and animals are | Omnivores |
Living organisms in an ecosystem are considered to be these factors | Biotic |
Temperature, sunlight, and amount of rainfall are examples of these factors. | Abiotic |
What eats only producers? | Primary Consumers |
What eats primary consumers? | Secondary Consumers |
Secondary consumers are usually | Carnivores |
What eats secondary consumers? | Tertiary Consumers |
What is at the very top of the food pyramid? | Tertiary Consumers |
In this chain: Caterpillar --Plant---Frog----Water Snake - What position is the frog in? | Secondary Consumer |
When both organisms benefit from the relationship, what type of symbiosis is this? | Mutualism |
What type of symbiosis is it when one organism benefits but the other is harmed? | Parasitism |
A remora fish riding on the belly of a shark is an example of this type of symbiosis. | Commensalism |
A heart worm inside a dog would be this type of symbiosis. | Parasitism |
A clown fish living in a sea anemone would be this type of symbiosis. | Mutualism |
Organisms that break down decaying plant and animal material are | Decomposers |
What happens to energy as one moves up the energy pyramid? | About 90% is lost and only 10% is passed up and is available for the next level above |
There are more ___________ than producers. | Consumers |
One bear would be a(n) ______. | Organism or Species |
One or more of the same species is called a | Population |
Two or more populations make up a | Community |
A community with the abiotic variables included (sunlight, rainfall, temperature, etc) make up an | Ecosystem |
When one organism benefits but the other organism isn't helped or harmed is this type of symbiosis. | Commensalism |
How many primary consumers would 30,000 producers support? | 3,000 primary consumers (30,000 divided by 10) |
How many secondary consumers would 30,000 producers support? | 300 secondary consumers (30,000 divided by 10, and then that number divided by 10 again. |
How many tertiary consumers would 30,000 producers support? | Only 30 - 30,000 divided by 10, answer divided by 10, and answer divided by 10. |
Other words for plants are | Autotrophs and producers |
Other words for animals are | Carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, heterotrophs and comsumers |
The original source for all energy on Earth is | the Sun |
Which has more? Producers or Consumers? | Producers |
Primary consumers are only | Herbivores |
Tertiary consumers are only | Carnivores |
Secondary consumers might be either of these | Carnivores or Omnivores |
Three types of symbiosis are | Mutualism, commensalism and parasitism |