Ecology Review!! Chapter 2 & 3
Question # 1 What is ecology? The study of the interactions of organisms within their environments.
Question # 2 These are all the non-living factors in an ecosystem? Abiotic Factors
Question # 3 These are the 3 types of ecosystems found on Earth? Terrestrial, freshwater, marine
Question # 4 Give me 3 examples of biotic factors. Any plant or animal
Question # 5 A tick on a dog has this type of relationship? Parasitism
Question # 6 Cats eat mice. The relationship between them would best be described as? Predator-prey
Question # 7 What another name for producers? Autotrophs
Question # 8 What is a collection of interacting populations called? A community
Question # 9 What do we call this type of diagram? An energy pyramid How much energy is available to the frog population? 1%
Question # 10 What do we call this diagram? A food web If the cattail population was wiped out, what would happen to the crickets? Compete for food with the grasshopper & possibly die out. (Lack of food)
Question # 11 A mouse eats a shrub. What are 2 names that we could call the mouse? Primary consumer; herbivore
Question # 12 Put these ecological categories in order from broadest to most specific: biosphere, community, organism, population, ecosystem. biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, organism.
Question # 13 How is precipitation an important part of the water cycle? Returns water back to the Earth’s surface and then runs off into the oceans, lakes, streams, etc. to start the process over again.
Question # 14 A fungus breaks down dead trees so the nutrients can be recycled back into the ecosystem. What would the fungus be called? Decomposer
Question # 15 If two species benefit from each other, they have this type of relationship? Mutualism