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ECOLOGY REVIEW QUESTIONS
1) WHAT ARE THE 6 LEVELS OF ECOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
FROM SIMPLEST(A) TO MOST COMPLEX
(F)?
(REMEMBER: “OLD PEOPLE CALL EVERY BODY BABY”)
1A-__ORGANISM_____
B-__POPULATION______
C-__COMMUNITY_______
D-_ECOSYSTEM______
E-__BIOME_______
F-__BIOSPHERE_____
2)AREAS OF THE WORLD THAT HAVE SIMILAR CLIMATE AND PLANT
AND ANIMAL SPECIES.
3)SEVERAL ORGANISMS OF A SPECIES
4)THE PART OF THE PLANET THAT SUPPORTS LIFE
5)ALL THE ORGANISMS IN AN AREA THAT INTERACT WITH EACH
OTHER AND THE ABIOTIC FACTORS IN AN ENVIRONMENT
6)ONE INDIVIDUAL OF A SPECIES
7)ALL THE ORGANISMS IN AN AREA THAT INTERACT WITH EACH
OTHER.
8)NAME AND GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THE FOLLOWING:
A. ORGANISM THAT ABSORBS THEIR NUTRIENTS
B. ORGANISM THAT CONSUMES PRODUCERS AND MEAT
FOR FOOD
C. ORGANISIM THAT EATS DEAD ORGANISMS;
AKA: SCAVENGER
D. ORGANISM THAT CONSUMES PRODUCERS ONLY
E. ORGANISM THAT USES LIGHT ENERGY TO MAKE FOOD
F. ORGANISM THAT CONSUMES MEAT ONLY
9) DEFINE AND GIVE 2 EXAMPLES OF ABIOTIC FACTORS
ECOSYSTEM_
2____BIOMES________
3____POPULATION_______
4____BIOSPHERE________
5_____ECOSYSTEM______
6_____ORGANISM_____
7_____COMMUNITY_____
8A__FUNGI_______
EX-__OYSTER MUSHROOM___
8B___OMNIVORE____
EX-__RACCOON_________
8C____DECOMPOSER______
EX-____VULTURE_______
8D___HERBIVORE_______
EX-___COW_____
8E___PRODUCER_______
EX-__BAMBOO_________
8F____CARNIVORE______
EX-___FALCON______
9__NON-LIVING PARTS OF AN
1-___SOIL______
EX 2-_WATER___________
EX 3-__TEMPERATURE_____
10_LIVING THINGS____
EX 1-__TREES__________
EX 2-_____LIONS_______
EX 3-__FLAMINGOS_______
EX
10) DEFINE AND GIVE 2 EXAMPLES OF BIOTIC FACTORS
11) WHAT PERCENT OF ENERGY IS PASSED FROM ONE TROPHIC
LEVEL TO THE NEXT?
12) WHAT HAPPENS TO ENERGY AS IT MOVES THROUGH A FOOD CHAIN?
11___10%______
12___LOST AS HEAT_____
ROBIN
BUTTERFLY
COWS
SPIDER
13) WHAT IS THE MAIN SOURCE OF
ENERGY IN THIS FOOD WEB?
14) NAME A PRIMARY CONSUMER
15) NAME A SECONDARY CONSUMER
16) WHICH ORGANISM HAS THE LEAST
AMOUNT OF ENERGY AVAILABLE TO IT?
17) WHICH ORGANISM WOULD HAVE
GRASS
THE GREATEST BIOMASS?
18) IS A 1ST ORDER CONSUMER AN HERBIVORE OR A CARNIVORE?
19) DOES ENERGY RECYCLE INA FOOD CHAIN?
20) WIPING OUT WHICH TROPHIC LEVEL WOULD HAVE THE
GREATEST IMPACT ON A FOOD CHAIN?
21)
THIS IS A PICTURE OF A
___.
13___GRASS (OR SUN)_____
14___COWS_____
15__ROBIN_______
16__ROBIN_____
17__GRASS_____
18___HERBIVORE____
19___NO_____
20___LOWEST (FIRST)_____
21___FOOD PYRAMID____
22) UNLIKE ENERGY, MATTER IS ___ THROUGH AN ECOSYSTEM.
22__RECYCLED____
23) NAME 4 BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES (CYCLES OF MATTER)?
23A___WATER______
23B__CARBON____
23C__NITROGEN_____
23D__PHOSPHORUS_____
24) WHAT IS AN ORGANISMS “JOB” OR ROLE IN AN ECOSYSTEM?
24___NICHE_____
25) WHAT IS THE PLACE WHERE AN ORGANISM LIVES OUT ITS LIFE?
25___HABITAT_______
26) ANY RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH TWO SPECIES LIVE CLOSELY
27) WHAT IS THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH BOTH
SPECIES BENEFIT?
28) WHAT IS THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH ONE
SPECIES BENEFITS AND THE OTHER IS UNAFFECTED?
29) WHAT IS THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH ONE
SPECIES BENEFITS AND THE OTHER IS HARMED?
30) CARIBOU AND ARCTIC WOLVES ARE INVOLVED IN WHAT
KIND OF RELATIONSHIP?
31) WHAT PRINCIPLE STATES THAT “NO TWO SPECIES CAN
OCCUPY THE SAME NICHE AT THE SAME TIME”?
26__SYMBIOSIS_____
27__MUTUALISM_____
28__COMMENSALISM_____
29__PARASITISM____
30__PREDATOR/PREY______
31_COMPETITIVE EXCLUSION_
32) THE DIAGRAM TO THE RIGHT REPRESENTS A TREE
CONTAINING THREE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF WARBLER,
A, B AND C. EACH SPECIES OCCUPIES A DIFFERENT
NICHE. A FOURTH SPECIES, D, WHICH HAS THE SAME
ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS AS SPECIES B,
ENTERS THE TREE AT POINT X. WHAT WILL
MEMBERS OF SPECIES B MOST LIKELY DO?
TRY TO EXCLUDE THEM__
NAME THE BIOME THAT …
33) MAKES < 10IN OF PRECIPITATION/YR; PRODUCES
SUCCULENT PLANTS; & DOESN’T HAVE SOIL BUT
SAND INSTEAD
34) MAKES >100 IN. OF PRECIPITATION; PRODUCES A
LUSH, DENSE TREE CANOPY & CLIMBING VINES; SOIL
IS LEACHED AND LOW IN NUTRIENTS
35) MAKES ~15 IN. OF PRECIPITATION, MOSTLY AS
SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN; PRODUCES CONIFEROUS
TREES; SOIL IS ACIDIC DUE TO NEEDLE LEAVES FROM
CONIFERS
36) MAKES ~20 IN. OF SEASONAL PRECIPITATION
(A LOT AS SNOW); PRODUCES PERENNIAL GRASSES;
CONTAINS THE MOST FERTILE SOIL ON EARTH!
37) MAKES ~30-50 IN. OF PRECIPITATION, ALMOST ALL
DURING THE WET SEASON; PRODUCES TALL GRASSES
(4-6FT) AND OCCASIONAL ACACIA TREE; LOW NUTRIENT
SOIL (BRICK HARD DURING THE DRY SEASON)
38) MAKES 20-60 IN. OF PRECIPITATION, SPREAD OUT
EVENLY OVER THE YEAR; PRODUCES BROAD LEAFED
DECIDUOUS TREES AND FLOWERING PLANTS; SOIL IS
BROWN AND RICH IN HUMUS.
FOREST_
39) MAKES < 10 IN. OF PRECIPITATION; PRODUCES LOW
SHRUBS AND MOSSES (NO TREES); SOIL IS MOSTLY
PERMAFROST
40) WHAT TYPE OF TREES ARE FOUND IN A TEMPERATE FOREST:
EVERGREEN OF DECIDUOUS?
41) WHAT TYPE OF TREES ARE FOUND IN THE TAIGA:
EVERGREEN OR DECIDUOUS?
42) WHAT TYPE OF TREES ARE FOUND IN A TROPICAL RAIN FOREST:
DECIDUOUS OR EVERGREEN?
32____COMPETE WITH D AND
33___DESERT____
34_TROPICAL RAINFOREST__
35_TAIGA OR BOREAL FOREST_
36_TEMPERATE GRASSLAND_
37__SAVANNA____
38_TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS
39__TUNDRA____
40____BOTH____
41___TYPICALLY EVERGREEN__
42__DECIDUOUS____
43) MAMMALS THAT LIVE IN VERY HOT ENVIRONMENTS, LIKE A
DESERT, HAVE EVOLVED ADAPTATIONS LIKE REALLY BIG OR
LONG EARS, TO HELP THEM GET RID OF ___.
44) LIGHT IS A LIMITING FACTOR IN THE RAIN FOREST.
WOULD IT BE BENEFICIAL FOR PLANTS ON THE FOREST FLOOR
TO HAVE LARGE LEAVES OR SMALLER LEAVES? WHY?
43_EXTRA HEAT_______
44___LARGE LEAVES_____
_TO SOAK IN AS MUCH SUN AS
POSSIBLE _
45) CACTI IN THE DESERT HAVE EVOLVED ___, AN
ADAPTATION THAT HELPS PREVENT WATER LOSS
THROUGH TRANSPIRATION.
46) WHAT IS THE SERIES OF PREDICTABLE CHANGES THAT
OCCURS IN A COMMUNITY OVER TIME?
47) WHAT IS THE “PIONEER SPECIES” WHICH HELPS PRODUCE
SOIL BY BREAKING DOWN ROCK?
48) A LICHEN IS A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ___
& ___.
49) A GLACIER RECEDES LEAVING BARE ROCK EXPOSED. THIS IS
AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT KIND OF SUCCESSION?
50) WHAT KIND OF SUCCESSION COULD OCCUR WHEN A FIELD
THAT HAS BEEN CLEARED FOR PLOWING IS ABANDONED?
51) THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY SUCCESSION IS THAT SECONDARY SUCCESSION
OCCURS WHERE ___IS ALREADY PRESENT?
52) WHAT IS A COMMUNITY THAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE MATURE
AND STABLE, AND WILL NO LONGER UNDERGO SUCCESSION?
53) WHAT IS THE SIZE OF A POPULATION THAT OCCUPIES A
GIVEN AREA AT ANY GIVEN TIME?
54) IN 1990, A WASHINGTON STATE HAD A POPULATION OF 50
GRIZZLY BEARS. TEN YEARS LATER, THERE WERE ONLY 30.
45_PHOTOSYNTHETIC STEMS_
46_SUCCESSION____
47___LICHEN____
48__ALGAE AND FUNGUS___
______________________
49_PRIMARY___
50__SECONDARY_____
51____SOIL____
52__CLIMAX COMMUNITY___
53_CARRYING CAPACITY____
SCIENTISTS THINK THAT THE BEARS MAY HAVE LEFT THE PARK TO
FIND ANOTHER HABITAT.
55) IN THE LATE 1800’S,
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF _____.
THE GREAT POTATO FAMINE CAUSED
MILLIONS OF EUROPEANS TO
_____ TO THE U.S.
55__IMMIGRATE_____
56) DID A FUNGUS OR A BACTERIA CAUSE THE GREAT POTATO
FAMINE?
57)
DAY 1
DAY 2
54__EMMIGRATION___
DAY
3
DAY
4
DAY 5
DAY 6
THE PICTURE ABOVE IS SHOWING BACTERIA GROWING OVER 6 DAYS.
56____FUNGUS______
THE GROWTH OF THE BACTERIA POPULATION BEGAN SLOWING DOWN
BETWEEN DAYS 4 AND 6, BECAUSE IT HAS REACHED THE ___ ___.
58) WHAT KIND OF GROWTH IS OCCURING BETWEEN DAYS 1-4?
57_CARRYING CAPACITY___
58___EXPONENTIAL_____
59)THE GRAPH TO THE LEFT
DEMONSTATES WHAT TYPE
OF GROWTH
?
59___EXPONENTIAL____
60) WHAT TYPE OF GROWTH
IS REPRESENTED BY THE
GRAPH TO THE RIGHT?
60___LOGISTIC___
61) WEATHER AND NATURAL DISASTERS ARE EXAMPLES OF
DENSITY ___ FACTORS.
62) COMPETITION AND DISEASE ARE EXAMPLES OF DENSITY ___
FACTORS.
63) LIMITING FACTORS MAKE POPULATIONS ___.
64) A NATURAL RESOURCE THAT IS REPLACED OR REPLENISHED BY
NATURAL RESOURCES PROCESS IS KNOWN AS A ___ ___.
65) IS THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT A GOOD THING? EXPLAIN
61_INDEPENDENT________
62_DEPENDENT_________
63_LEVEL OFF____________
64_RENEWABLE RESOURCE___
65_WE NEED THE GREENHOUSE
EFFECT TO KEEP THE CLIMATE AT THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE FOR LIFE TO FLORISH, BUT CAN’T PERMIT
THINGS TO GET TOO HOT!
66) THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT IS INCREASED WHEN TOO MUCH
CARBON DIOXIDE IS IN THE ATMOSPHERE CAUSING AN INCREASE
IN THE TEMPERATURE OF THE EARTH.
OFTEN REFERRED TO AS?
WHAT IS THIS SITUATION
67) WHAT TYPE OF POLLUTION IS CAUSED BY THE COMBINATION
OF SMOKE AND FOG?
68) THE PESTICIDE DDT IS BANNED FROM USE BECAUSE ITS
CONCENTRATION INCREASES AS IT MOVES UP THE FOOD CHAIN.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF BIOLOGICAL ___.
69) TROPISM IS A PLANT’S RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL
STIMULATION. PHOTOTROPISM IS A PLANT’S RESPONSE TO ___.
66__GLOBAL WARMING___
67______SMOG____
68___MAGNIFICATION___
69______SUNLIGHT_____