1. Ecology Review!! Chapter 2 & 3

2. Question # 1 What is ecology? The study of the interactions of organisms within their environments.

3. Question # 2 These are all the non-living factors in an ecosystem? Abiotic Factors

4. Question # 3 These are the 3 types of ecosystems found on Earth? Terrestrial, freshwater, marine

5. Question # 4 Give me 3 examples of biotic factors. Any plant or animal

6. Question # 5 A tick on a dog has this type of relationship? Parasitism

7. Question # 6 Cats eat mice. The relationship between them would best be described as? Predator-prey

8. Question # 7 What another name for producers? Autotrophs

9. Question # 8 What is a collection of interacting populations called? A community

10. Question # 9 What do we call this type of diagram? An energy pyramid How much energy is available to the frog population? 1%

11. 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)

12. Question # 11 A mouse eats a shrub. What are 2 names that we could call the mouse? Primary consumer; herbivore

13. Question # 12 Put these ecological categories in order from broadest to most specific: biosphere, community, organism, population, ecosystem. biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, organism.

14. 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.

15. 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

16. Question # 15 If two species benefit from each other, they have this type of relationship? Mutualism