Ecology Review

Which is an example of an ecosystem?

• An area of cold climate and communities of different species

• one elk

• a group of elks living together in the same area

• elks, snow rabbits, and owls living in the same area

Which definition best fits the term BIOTIC?

• The study of the interactions between animals and their environment

• Factors in the environment that are considered not alive

• Factors in the environment that are considered living or the remains of living things

One species benefits, the other is unaffected

• symbiosis

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Then, the honey guide birds eat as well.

• symbiosis

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

Tapeworms reside in human intestine and take nutrients from the human

• symbiosis

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

Vines grow on a tree. The vines get light but the tree is not affected. What kind of relationship is this?

• Competition

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

The fox in this food web would be considered a:

• Tertiary Consumer
• Producer
• Secondary Consumer
• Primary Consumer

The populations of which organisms will most likely increase as a result of a disease that suddenly reduced the population of Texas horned lizards?

• Grasses and ants

• Ants and grasshoppers

• Grasshoppers and Texas Cottonmouths

• Texas cottonmouths and red shouldered hawks

What are plants called in a food chain?

• Producers /Autotrophs

• Consumers /Heterotrophs

• Decomposers

• Scavengers

Match the following

• This is an organism that breaks down and gains nutrients from dead organisms.

• Consumer

• This is an organism which feeds on, but usually does not kill, a larger organism

• Parasite

• This is an animal that lives by preying on other animals.

• Producer

• This is an organism that relies on other organisms for its food and energy supply; heterotroph

• Predator

• This is an organism that supplies matter and energy, also known as an autotroph.

• Decomposer