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Name _________________________________________ Class ________________Date _________________ Ecology Test Review 1. Scientific method a. What are the steps of the scientific method? Ask a question, form a hypothesis, perform experiment, collect data, analyze data, and draw conclusions b. What is the difference between an independent and a dependent variable? Independent – variable that is changed. Dependent – variable that is measured (DRY MIX) 2. Levels of Organization a. List the levels of ecological organization in order starting from SMALLEST to LARGEST beginning with an individual/organism. Organism Population Community Ecosystem Biome Biosphere b. What is the biosphere? The portion of Earth where life exists (the whole globe) c. What is the difference between a population and a community? Population – Same species, same area. Community – different species, same area. d. Which of the following describes a population? i. All the zebras living in the same area ii. Zebras and giraffes in the same area iii. Zebras, giraffes, and grass in the same area 3. Energy Flow a. The sun is the primary source of energy in most ecosystems. b. Organisms that can convert sunlight into food (glucose) are called producers or autotrophs c. Organisms that CANNOT make their own food are called consumers or heterotrophs d. Herbivores eat only plants e. Carnivores eat only meat f. Omnivores eat both plants and meat g. When animals and plants die decomposers break them down and release nutrients back into the soil for plants to use. Examples of this type of organism are bacteria and fungi (mushrooms). h. Dead animlas are eaten by detritivores. 4. Food Chain and Food Webs a. Draw a simple food chain beginning with grass and ending with a hawk in the space below. b. What is a food web? Interconnected food chains c. What do the arrows represent? Energy transfer d. e. f. g. h. What is a trophic level? Feeding levels (ex. producer, primary consumer…) What is at the first trophic level? producer Energy INCREASES/ DECREASES (circle one) as it moves up the food chain. Only 10% of the energy available at each trophic level is passed up to the next trophic level. What happens to the remainder of the energy? Lost as heat 5. Relationships a. Non-living or abiotic factors. b. Give three examples of abiotic factors in an ecosystem 1) water 2) sun 3) soil c. Living or biotic factors. d. Give three examples of biotic factors in an ecosystem 1) human 2) dog 3) tree e. What is symbiosis? Relationships between two organisms f. What are the three types of symbiosis? 1) mutualism 2) commensalism 3) parasitism g. For the following, what type of symbiosis is it? i. Barnacle on a whale commensalism ii. Bee and a flower mutualism iii. Tick on a dog parasitism iv. Tapeworm in a cow parasitism h. What is competition? i. An example of competition would be a tiger and a lion competing for the same food i. What is predation? Where one organisms hunts and kills another for energy (food) j. A predator hunts and kills the prey! Label the PREDATOR and the PREY in the following picture 6. Ecological Succession a. What type of succession is this? Primary Succession b. Primary succession takes longer because rocks have to be broken down into soil by moss and lichen c. What is the pioneer species in the above picture? Moss and lichen d. Which of the following causes primary succession? i. Tornado ii. Fire iii. Lava flow (volcano) e. The first species to live in a previously uninhabited area are known as pioneer species. f. What is a climax community? The final, stable, and mature community in an ecosystem that is built or rebuilt through succession, g. What is the climax community in the above picture? i. Small herbs and shrubs ii. Lichens and mosses iii. Fir, birch, and white spruce h. What type of succession is this? Secondary succession i. What is the pioneer species in the above picture? Grass and weeds j. Which of the following causes secondary succession? i. Tornado ii. Glacier iii. Lava (Volcano) k. A niche is an organism’s role or job in an ecosystem. A habitat is the place that the organism lives in an ecosystem. l. Niche or habitat? i. A rattlesnake lives in wooded areas and under logs habitat ii. A rattlesnake preys on mice to get food niche iii. A scavenger preys on dead animals niche m. Two species can occupy the same habitat, but not the same niche.