ecology unit test

Question 1

what would happen if you remove something from an ecosystem

Answer 1

the existing harmony will be offset and the entire system will go through a change, large or small

Question 2

from a food web the things that take place with energy are

Answer 2

Energy is then transferred to a primary consumer, then secondary, tertiary, and quaternary consumers in sequence

Question 3

primary succession vs secondary succession

Answer 3

Primary succession occurs in an environment without previous life, or a barren habitat. Secondary succession occurs in an area that had previously been inhabited but experienced a disturbance, such as a wildfire. In this scenario, there still would be soil.

Question 4

cause decay and relase nutrients back into the environment; crucial for the circle of life

Answer 4

decomposer

Question 5

multiple connected food chains showing the complex interactions within an ecosystem

Answer 5

food web

Question 6

the path of energy though the trophic levels

Answer 6

food chain

Question 7

aka autotrophs, produce energy by capturing sunlight or using chemicals (plants, alage, some bacteria)

Answer 7

producers

Question 8

aka heterotrophs, organisms that come other organisms for food

Answer 8

consumers

Question 9

the population size that an environment can sustain, the population will decrease

Answer 9

carrying capacity

Question 10

how to figure out the rate of growth of a population

Answer 10

taking the current population size and subtracting the previous population size. Divide that amount by the previous size. Multiply that by 100 to get the percentage.

Question 11

exponential vs logistic growth

Answer 11

The exponential growth model describes how a population grows when it has unlimited resources. when a population’s per capita growth rate decreases as population size approaches a maximum imposed by limited resources, the carrying capacity. Expontential=j logistic= s

Question 12

parasitism, and examples of parasites

Answer 12

the practice of living as a parasite in or on another organism, leas, ticks, parasitic mites, leeches, worms

Question 13

a type of relationship between two living organisms in which one organism benefits from the other without harming it, Orchids Growing On Branches.
Sharks And Remora/Sucker Fish.
Whales And Barnacles.
Tree frog on plants.
Burdock Seeds On Animals.

Answer 13

commensalism

Question 14

a type of symbiotic relationship where all species involved benefit from their interactions, between the flower and the insect pollinators

Answer 14

mutualism

Question 15

each trophic level can only give 10% of its energy to the next level.

Answer 15

ten percent law

Question 16

bioms

Answer 16

comunity

Question 17

the number of species living within an ecosystem

Answer 17

biodiveserty

Question 18

the study of habitats abiotic and biotic factors

Answer 18

ecology

Question 19

the portion of the planet that contains life

Answer 19

biosphere

Question 20

alligators, turtles, and fish living together in a river from this

Answer 20

ecosystem

Question 21

soil, water and weather

Answer 21

abiotic factors

Question 22

a place where a population lives

Answer 22

habitat

Question 23

all of the species of freshwater fish that live together in a lake form this

Answer 23

community

Question 24

which is the biggest which is the smallest, biome, community, population, ecosystem, bioshpere

Answer 24

organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, and biosphere

Question 25

the role of function of an organism in its ecosystem

Answer 25

niche

Question 26

back and forth evolution adjustments between species

Answer 26

coevolution