Ecology Unit Review

Ecology Unit Review

Classification of Life

Multiple Choice

Which term means "living"

• Abiotic

• Biotic

Multiple Select

which of the following are ABIOTIC factors? (select ALL that apply)

• water

• temperature

• producers

• predators

• sunlight

Multiple Choice

Which domain has prokaryotic organisms that live in very extreme environments?

• Bacteria

• Archae

• Animalia

Multiple Choice

Which type of cell DOES have a nucleus?

• Prokaryotic

• Eukaryotic

Multiple Select

What term(s) describes an organism that produces its own food? (select ALL that apply)

• heterotroph

• autotroph

• consumer

• producer

Food Webs + Energy Pyramids

Draw a food web based off these interactions

• Mice eat grass seeds

• Owls eat mice

• Foxes eat mice

• Grasshoppers eat grass seeds

• Owls eat grasshoppers

• Wolves eat foxes

Multiple Select

Which of these organisms is a producer?

• owl

• fox

• mouse

• grasshopper

• grass

Multiple Select

Which of these organisms is/are secondary consumers?

• owl

• fox

• mouse

• grasshopper

• grass

Multiple Select

Which of these organisms gets the LEAST energy?

• wolf

• fox

• owl

• grasshopper

• grass

Multiple Select

Which of these organisms is at the TOP of an energy pyramid?

• wolf

• fox

• owl

• grasshopper

• grass

Multiple Select

Which of these organisms is at the BOTTOM of an energy pyramdi?

• wolf

• fox

• owl

• grasshopper

• grass

Multiple Select

If the grass level has 4,000 calories available, which organism's trophic level has 400 calories?

• wolf

• fox

• owl

• grasshopper

• grass

Multiple Select

Which organism(s) populations would DECREASE if you removed the fox? (Select all that apply)

• wolf

• mouse

• grasshopper

• grass

Carrying Capacity

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Predator/Prey

Multiple Choice

What is the limiting factor for the LYNX? (based only on this graph)

• hare population

• weather

• disease

Multiple Choice

Why does the hare population decrease?

• because the lynx population decreased

• because the lynx population increased

• because of disease

• because they had no food

Open Ended

What is a limiting factor?

Open Ended

What is "carrying capacity"?

Symbiosis + Alone/Group Behavior

Multiple Choice

What is the symbiotic relationship?

A sea anemone provides shelter for a clown fish. The clown fish's waste is nutrients (food) for the sea anemone.

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Competition

Multiple Choice

What is the symbiotic relationship?

Mistletoe is a type of plant that attaches to trees and steals their water and nutrients

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Competition

Multiple Choice

What is the symbiotic relationship?

Cattle Egret follow along behind these cape buffalo and eat any bugs that get stirred up. The buffalo are unaffected.

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Competition

Multiple Select

Which of the following are BENEFITS (pros) of living in a group?

• protection from predators

• teamwork when hunting

• harder to find a mate

• thermoregulation - huddle together to stay warm

• Disease spreads more easily

Natural Selection