1. Millionaire Ecology

2. Question 1 This type of animal hunts and kills its prey for food:  1) Carnivore  2) Predator  3) Scavenger

3. Question 2 Define niche

4. Question 3 What must happen with people’s diets in overpopulated countries to support the number of people?

5. Question 4 Energy is lost as it moves through a food web in all the following ways except:  A) In the fecal matter of animals  B) In the food that is digested  C) In the food that is uneaten  D) In heat

6. Question 5 Who is this?

7. Question 6 The amount of energy that is transferred from the sun to the producers and the amount of energy that is passed from the producers to the primary consumers:  A) 10%, 10%  B) 2%, 2%  C) 10%, 90%  D) 2%, 10%

8. Question 7 A species that is benefiting from the bounty that was put on predators is:  A) Meadow Vole  B) Coyote  C) Great Horned Owl  D) Humans

9. Question 8 SONG

10. Question 9 This amount of biomass is LOST during the transfer of energy between trophic levels:  A) 90%  B) 10%  C) 2%  D) No energy is lost

11. Question 10 What trophic level of fish are not sustainable to catch?

12. Question 11 Why is eating a pound of top level predator fish different from eating a pound of herbivorous fish?

13. Question 12 SONG

14. Question 13 In order to protect sheep from coyotes, what do some ranchers do on their ranches?

15. Question 14 An example of a heterotroph is a:  A) Oak Tree  B) Lightbulb  C) Algae  D) Human

16. Question 15 An autotroph is something that can?  A) Decompose Food  B) Make Food  C) Read the minds of other organisms  D) Prey on other organisms

17. Question 16 CHALLENGE

18. Question 17 The coyote population is increasing in the east because:  A) Farmers raise sheep with cattle  B) The food source of mice has increased  C) Predators are removed and space is opened up  D) Wolves are present in the ecosystem

19. 18 Make a food chain with at least 4 organisms

20. 19 Why is the kelp population decreasing off the coast of California?

21. 20 Who is this?

22. 21 Why did people set up bounties for predators?

23. 22 What percent of energy is lost in the first transfer between sunlight and plants?

24. 23 An organism that eats dead organism is called a _____________ AND give an example organism for this niche.

25. 24 List one way to help the fishing industry become more sustainable.

26. 25-What is the niche?

27. 26 When can the pyramid of numbers look like this? (hint: think about the producers biomass)