Download Ecology Test #1 Review

Ecology Test #1 Review
Power Points to Watch are on my Weebly Page
“ Ecology Test 1” & “Symbiosis”
Make sure you re-watch the all the videos… Including the Wolves and Moose!
Make sure you go back and go over your bellwork question.. on Weebly!
Vocabulary
Term
Biotic
Definition
Example
Living parts of the
environment.
Abiotic
Non-living parts of the
environment.
Organism
One individual of a species.
Fox, duck, rabbit,
tree, flower, (even
a log)
Sun, water, soil,
dirt, rocks,
temperature.
A fox
Population
Several organisms of the
same species.
A pack of wolves or
a herd of deer.
Community
All the populations in an
area.
Ecosystem
Decomposer
A pack of wolves, a
herd of deer, a nest
of rabbits.
All the living organisms and A pack of wolves, a
non-living factors in an area. herd of deer, a nest
of rabbits AND the
sun, water and
rocks.
Organism that breaks down Fungi, Worms,
once living things and
Bacteria
returns the nutrients to the
soil for the plants.
Consumer
An organism that cannot
produces its own food.
Producer
An organism that can produce Plant
its own food from “sunlight”.
Herbivore
An organism that consumes
only plants.
Moose, Rabbit, Deer,
Squirrel
Omnivore
An organism that consumes
both plants and animals.
Bear, Humans,
Turtles
Carnivore
An organism that consumes
only animals.
Fox, Wolf, Spider,
Ladybug
Symbiosis
Fox, Wolf, Moose,
Spider, Ladybug
Any type of close relationship Types:
between organisms.
Commensalsim
Mutualsim
Parasitism
Predation
Cooporation
Competition
Mutualism
Both species benefit
Bee and flower.
Bee gets nectar,
flower gets
pollinated.
Commensalism One species benefits, the
Remora fish and
other species is NOT affected. shark.
Remora fish gets
food and the shark is
not affected.
Parasitism
Predation
Cooperation
Competition
One species benefits and the Ticks and Dogs
other is harmed.
Ticks get blood and
the dogs get sick.
Type of relationship where Wolf and Moose.
the predator hunts and
Wolf-predator
consumes the prey.
Moose-prey
Type of relationship where Wolves hunt in a
organism of the same
pack.
species or different species
work together to improve
their odds of survival.
Type of relationship where Wolves compete
organisms of the same
for living space,
species or different species food and mates.
fight over a limited resource.
Make sure you understand the relationship between
 Ticks and Moose- parasitism
 Wolf/Moose- predator/prey
Know what abiotic factor (climate change) is effecting the
biotic factor (moose).
Know the reasons why the moose population is declining.
 climate change (ticks)
 climate change (hot summers, the wolf don’t eat enough and they
cannot make it through the winter.)
Know the reasons why the wolf population is declining.
 Reduction in the moose (prey) population
 Not enough mates (only 2 females left)
Know the different organism in the Wolf & Moose Video
 consumers- omnivore
o omnivore-turtle
o herbivore-moose
o carnivore-wolf
 producer-plants/grass/trees