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Quiz Review
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“Serengeti – Migration of the Wildebeest”
Anthropomorphism –the tendency to apply human characteristics to non-human living
things – similar to personification in LA class
examples from the video include:
hyenas appearing to laugh
vultures spreading their wings as if to say, “You want a piece of me?”
hippopotamus playing hide and seek in the water under the plants
crocodile smiling at us
Anthropocentrism – the belief that humans are the focus of or the reason for and
organism’s behavior – examples from the video include:
Examples from the video include:
Examples of Mr. Johnson – chickens running to him when he approaches the henhouse.
“Look” he says, “They love me” but really, they think he is going to feed them and they are
looking for food. It’s not about YOU Mr. Johnson!
Competition – both species competing for resources – usually food
Hyenas, jackals and vultures
Food Web – a diagram that models the feeding relationships within an ecosystem, the
arrows in a food web can be replaced with the words ‘transfers energy to’
Predation – a relationship between two species where one organism benefits and survives
and the other organism is killed.
Predator – One that hunts to eat, does the ‘killing’
Cheetah feeding her young
Lioness killing to feed the pride
Prey – one that gets eaten or consumed
Wildebeests, gazelles,
Symbiotic relationships – relationships where different species interact and depend upon
each other (examples include predation, parasitism, commensalism, and mutualism)
Commensalism – benefits one species and the other one is not affected at all
Bird on the back of the hippopotamus
Mutualism – relationship benefits both species
Herbivores – consumer that eats only plants
Giraffes
Wildebeests
Water buffalo
Flamingos
Elephants
Zebras
storks
Carnivores – consumer that eats meat
Lions
crocodiles
cheetahs
Omnivores – consumer that eats both plants and meat
Monkeys
baboons
humans
Abiotic factors – nonliving components to the environment – water, temperature, sun, air,
nitrogen, carbon, soil, rocks, grass fires
Biotic factors – living components to the environment – all living organisms such as plants
and animals
Ecosystem – all the living things in a particular area and their relationship to each other
and to their physical environment
Serengeti Ecosystem Migration – animals that travel to different geographical areas to meet their needs – if
they don’t migrate, they will starve. Wildebeests searching for food and water.