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🐸 the ecology nerd
Ecology and Biomes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Explain why this graph shows increases and decreases in this pattern. | |
| If the lynx population increases, what happens to the hare population? Why | |
| Coniferous Forest | |
| Temperate Forest | |
| Tundra | |
| Tropical Rainforest | |
| Grassland | |
| Wetland | |
| Estuary | |
| Desert | |
| In an energy pyramid, __________% of the energy is passed to the next tropic level. | 10 |
| What is the difference between a food web, food chain, and an energy pyramid? | |
| What is the difference between an autotroph and a heterotroph? Give examples of each. | |
| List one example from this food web. | |
| Parasitism Description | |
| Parasitism Example | tick and human |
| Commensalism Description | |
| Commensalism Example | |
| Mutualism Description | |
| Mutualism Example | |
| Put the levels of organization in order from smallest to largest. | organism-population-community-ecosystem-biome-biosphere |
| What is the importance of the carbon cycle in the study of ecology? | |
| What are some limiting factors on a population? | famine, drought, hunting, new species, habitat loss |
| Our bodies depend on nitrogen, but we are unable to breath it in. first ______________ must mix it, then _______________take it in and we _______________ the plants to get nitrogen. | |
| Sun = biotic or abiotic | abiotic |
| Ant = biotic or abiotic | biotic |
| Leaf = biotic or abiotic | biotic |
| Rain cloud = biotic or abiotic | abiotic |
| Cell = biotic or abiotic | biotic |
| Decomposer | |
| Parasitism | |
| Commensalism | |
| Mutualism | |
| Carnivore | |
| Abiotic | |
| Ecology | |
| Habitat | |
| Nich | |
| Limiting factor | |
| Competition |