Ecology

Question 1

What term means the study of organisms and their interaction with the environment?

Answer 1

Ecology (Interactions!!!)

Question 2

What term means the sequential replacement of one ecological community with another?

Answer 2

Ecological succession

Question 3

What is a pioneer organism?

Answer 3

They are the first organisms to inhabit an area and they start the succession process. (lichens, mosses, weeds, grasses)

Question 4

The term for an area where no previous life lived

Answer 4

Primary succession (usually mosses and lichens)

Question 5

What is the term that describes life after a huge natural or manmade event happens

Answer 5

Secondary Siuccession

Question 6

What is a biome?

Answer 6

A geographic area characterized by certain types of plants, animals and climates.

Question 7

How does a biome get named?

Answer 7

By its vegetation type (Grasslands, Forests…)

Question 8

What biome gets lots of rain, has biodiversity and is generally warm?

Answer 8

Tropical Rainforest (Amazon in Brazil)

Question 9

What biome gets a lot of rain but has a cooler temperature?

Answer 9

Temperate Rainforest (Tonga National Forest in Alaska)

Question 10

What biome gets less than 10 inches of rain and has a wide temperature swing between day and night?

Answer 10

Desert

Question 11

What biome is mainly grass with very few trees?

Answer 11

Grasslands (Great plains…)

Question 12

What biome do lions and Elephants live in?

Answer 12

Savanna

Question 13

What biomes is very cold and houses millions of evergreen trees?

Answer 13

Taiga(Coniferous Forest)(Boreal Forest)

Question 14

What biome do we live in?

Answer 14

Deciduous Forest

Question 15

What two biomes are water based?

Answer 15

Freshwater (Lakes, Rivers, Ponds, Streams) Saltwater like a bay or ocean or sea

Question 16

What type of organism can make its own food and therefore is at the bottom of every food chain?

Answer 16

Producer or Autotroph

Question 17

What type of organism must eat another organism to get food?

Answer 17

Consumer or Heterotroph

Question 18

What is a non-living factor called?

Answer 18

Abiotic

Question 19

What is a living factor called?

Answer 19

Biotic

Question 20

What type of animal eats plants and animals?

Answer 20

Omnivore

Question 21

What type of animal eats plants only?

Answer 21

Herbivore

Question 22

What type of animal eats other animals?

Answer 22

Carnivore

Question 23

What is a species?

Answer 23

A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring

Question 24

What is the term for all of a certain species in a certain area?

Answer 24

Population

Question 25

What is the term for all the populations in a certain area?

Answer 25

Community

Question 26

What is the term for all the living and non-living things in an area?

Answer 26

Habitat/Ecosystem

Question 27

Another term for our earth and its atmosphere is?

Answer 27

Biosphere

Question 28

What is a scavenger?

Answer 28

Eats things that are already dead (buzzard)

Question 29

What is a decomposer?

Answer 29

Bacteria and fungi are decomposers because they break down decaying organisms and return the nutrients to the earth

Question 30

What is a food chain?

Answer 30

Different organisms linked by their food source (what they eat)

Question 31

What is a food web?

Answer 31

A collection of food chains that describes the interaction among living organisms (food) Remember to analyze what would happen if a part of a food web was lost.

Question 32

What is an energy pyramid?

Answer 32

A concept diagram that shows how energy is used in a food web. Each level is generally 10% of the previous level. Energy is used as you go up in the pyramid.

Question 33

What does symbiosis mean?

Answer 33

Interaction between 2 organisms living in close proximity

Question 34

Type of symbiosis where both benefit

Answer 34

Mutualism (Egyptian crocodile and the bird)

Question 35

Type of symbiosis where 1 benefits and 1 is harmed

Answer 35

Parasitism (Tick and a dog)

Question 36

Type of symbiosis where i benefits and the other doesn't care

Answer 36

Commensalism (Bird and a tree)

Question 37

Things that limit the size of the population

Answer 37

Limiting Factors (Food, space, sunlight, water,disease)

Question 38

The term that means there are no longer any living organisms of 1 species

Answer 38

Extinction

Question 39

Which is worse endangered or threatened?

Answer 39

Endangered.