A study made of one living thing and its environment that may take years of observation to complete

The portion of the Earth that supports life.

Things within an ecosystem that will naturally CONTROL the size of the population

There are many Living things that an animal or plant has to deal with within its environment. What are these living things called?

Which of the following factors are Biotic?

Which pictures represent Abiotic factors?

What will happen to the prey population if the predator population increases?

What will happen to the predator population if the prey population goes down?

Non-living things such as water, air, temperature, rainfall that plants and animals live with in the environment.

The location within the environment where a specific plant or animal lives is called its:

The role that the plant or animal holds within a particular environment is called its:

When two or more species use the same resources, they may fight for access to the resource. They will fight for the right to use the water, the land or whatever they are both trying to use. Only the strong will survive and be able to use the resource. Loser? So long........

In PREDATION, the one that does the killing and eating is called the:

In PREDATION, name the poor thing that is killed and eaten. oh, well, circle of life you know.

The close relationship that exist when two or more species live together.

Identify this relationship: Two organisms live together and both benefit

Which of the following is NOT an example of MUTUALISM?

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Which of these images IS an example of mutualism?

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Which of these images IS an example of Commensalism?

Multiple answer

Which of these images IS an example of Parasitism?

Multiple answer

Identify this relationship: Two organisms live together. One benefits and the other is unaffected

Identify this relationship: Two organisms live together. One benefits and the other is HURT

What is the ultimate energy source that allows life to exist on the Earth?

Living things that take energy from the environment and store it in sugar molecules.

Plants. Absorbs solar energy from the sun and puts it into sugar molecules

This organism cannot reach the sun. It takes energy from the breakdown of nitrates and puts it in sugar.

Where would you find this fish?

These living things must eat in order to get the energy into their body.

This organism only eats plants!

Greetings. I am a herbivore. Select which picture would represent me.

Greetings. I am a carnivore . Select which picture would represent me.

Greetings. I am an omnivore . Select which pictures would represent me.

Eats rotted materials in the soil or stream bottoms

These living things MAKE things rot allowing nutrients to be

returned to the soil

All energy comes from the sun. Which example below illustrates how that energy gets to us?

Each step in the food chain is called a :

In real life, food chains overlap. Many different consumers may feed from the same producer! Many secondary consumers may feed from the same Primary Consumer. To illustrate that , we use the following model.

Which one is the primary producer?

Which one is the Primary Consumer?

Which one is the Secondary Consumer?

Which one is the Tertiary Consumer?

Which one is the Apex Predator?

In this pyramid, each level represents the amount of energy that is available to that trophic level.

Why is it necessary for nutrients to be cycled through the biosphere?

The natural process by which water is continuously cycled through the biosphere

Water falling from the sky. It may be rain, snow, or hail

Water changes into a gas, and rises up into the atmosphere.

in the atmosphere, water vapor cools, and changes back into liquid water.

Water also escapes from the leaves of plants. This water changes into a gas also and goes up into the atmosphere.

Water hits the ground and begins to move towards a water source, like the ocean.

Rain water begins to be absorbed by the soil. It moves on downward until it hits an underground reservoir

Describe the Oxygen - Carbon dioxide cycle

Why is the Nitrogen Cycle so important?

How much of our atmosphere is actually Nitrogen Gas?

Why must Nitrogen go through a Biochemical cycle before entering our food chain?

As the air circulates around the roots, bacteria change the gaseous nitrogen into nitrates during a process called:

When an animal dies, what happens to its proteins?

What is the major use of Phosphorus in the body?

The cycling of nutrients in the biosphere involves both matter in living organisms and physical processes found in the environment such as weathering.