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STUDY GUIDE- ECOLOGY
1. HOW IS THE ENVIRONMENT AFFECTED BY THE BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS
SUCH AS GASOLINE?
2. WHAT ACTIVITIES OF HUMANS ARE THE MOST
HARMFULL TO THE FISH OF THE OCEANS?
3. WHICH TYPE OF CAR PRODUCES THE LEAST AMOUNT OF GREENHOUSE
GASES? BUS, TRUCK, CAR, ELECTRIC CAR. EXPLAIN.
4. WHAT TYPE OF ORGANISM MAKES UP THE ENERGY PYRAMID’S BASE?
5. WHICH TYPE OF ORGANISM IS NOT ESSENTIAL TO AN ECOSYSTEM?
PRODUCER, CONSUMER, DECOMPOSER, DETRIVORE. EXPLAIN.
6. WHAT KIND OF THINGS CAN CAUSE A POPULATION TO DECREASE IN SIZE?
7. EXPLAIN THE ROLE THAT BACTERIA PLAY IN THE NITROGEN CYCLE.
8. EXPLAIN HOW NITROGEN IS FIXED BY BACTERIA.
9. EXPLAIN HOW PLANTS ARE INVOLVED IN THE CARBON CYCLE.
10. GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WATER MOVES FROM A LIVING SOURCE TO
AN ABIOTIC RESOURCE.
11. HOW DOES WATER RETURN TO THE EARTH? EXPLAIN.
12. GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW A PRODUCER AND A CONSUMER WOULD
INTERACT.
13. GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN SECONDARY SUCCESSION WOULD OCCUR.
14. WHAT IS THE ROLE OF ANIMALS IN THE OXYGEN-CARBON DIOXIDE
CYCLE?
15. AT EACH STEP OF THE FOOD CHAIN, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF ENERGY IS
PASSED ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION ?
16. WHY IN AN ECOSYSTEM ARE THERE USUALLY FEWER PREDATORS THAN
PRIMARY CONSUMERS?
17. EXPLAIN HOW A FOOD WEB IS DIFFERENT FROM A FOOD CHAIN.
18. HOW MANY TROPHIC LEVELS ARE USUALLY FOUND IN A FOOD WEB? AT
WHICH LEVEL WOULD YOU USUALLY FIND THE KILLER WHALE?
19. WHAT KIND OF THINGS CAN POSSIBLY CAUSE THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT
TO INCREASE?
20. WHAT IS BIOMASS?
21. WHY ARE THE NUMBER OF TROPHIC LEVELS IN AN ECOSYSTEM
LIMITED?
22. DEFINE SUCCESSION.
23. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF ENERGY IS PASSED ON FROM EACH TROPHIC
LEVEL TO THE NEXT?
24. LIST TWO WAYS IN WHICH HUMANS ARE AFFECTING THE CARBON
CYCLE.
25. TRUE OR FALSE? AN IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM THAT CAN
BE SOLVED BY HUMANS IS THE FIRES THAT ARE CAUSED BY LIGHTNING
STRIKES IN THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.
26. WHAT TYPES OF THINGS COULD LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY
AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUAL CONSUMERS IN AN ECOSYSTEM?
27. WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF BIODIVERSITY TO AN ECOSYSTEM?
28. WHAT IS BIODIVERSITY?
29. DEFINE BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES.
30. EXPLAIN HOW PRECIPITATION AND EVAPORATION PLAY A ROLE IN THE
WATER CYCLE.
31. WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF A POPULATION?
32. TRUE OR FALSE? HUMANS ARE THE CAUSE OF EL NINO.
33. LIST ONE PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH INBREEDING.
34. WHEN A FARMER PLOWS A FIELD AND THEN LETS IT GO AND DOESN’T
PLANT ANYTHING, WHAT IS MOST LIKELY GOING TO HAPPEN TO THAT
FIELD?
35. TRUE OR FALSE? IF AN MOCKINGBIRD MIMICKS THE SOUND OF A CAR
ALARM THIS BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATION CAN ONLY BE PASSED ON BY
HEARING THE SOUND AND LEARNING THE BEHAVIOR.
36. TRUE OR FALSE? PEOPLE’S ACTIONS CAN SPEED UP THE RATE OF
EXTINCTION OF SOME SPECIES.