Ecologyreviewsheet2 Answer Key
Ecologyreviewsheet2 Answer Key
Ecologyreviewsheet2 Answer Key
1. Define ecology:
Interaction between abiotic and biotic factors.
2. Explain the difference between abiotic and biotic factors.
Biotic: living factors
Abiotic: nonliving factors (minerals, sunlight, water)
3. A group of the same species in a given area is known as a population.
4. All of the different biotic factors in a given area is known as a
community.
5. State the requirements for a stable ecosystem :
a. Energy present
b. Must be autotrophs, consumers, decomposers
c. Materials must be recycled
d. Biodiversity
6. A common ecosystem that forms in a geographic region with a specific
climate refers to a biome
7. Any region on earth that contains life is part of the biosphere.
8. Explain what is meant by limiting factor and give an example. Limits
the growth of a population (ex: food, oxygen, water, co2, temp)
9. Define the following:
a. Producer: carries out autotrophic nutrition
b. Consumer: consumes other organisms for energy
c. Herbivore: plant eaters
d. Carnivore: animal eaters
e. Scavenger: consume the remains of dead organisms
f.
11. Base your answer on the diagram below. What is the advantage of
these different feeding niches for these
birds? There is no competition
12. What type of organism is found a level
A? autotrophs
a. What type of organism is found at
level B? primary consumers
b. What type of organism is found a
level C? secondary consumers
c. What type of organism is found at level D?
third level consumers (decomposers)
d. Which level contains the greatest number
of organisms? a
e. Which level contains the least number of organisms? d
f.
16. How do decomposers use waste products in a carbon cycle? The role
decomposers play in the carbon cycle is breaking down the
remains of dead plants and animals. Through this process, they
release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere via respiration, which is the
second step in the carbon cycle. Decomposers thrive in soil and water,
and they play an important role in the carbon cycle. Aside from breaking
down dead matter, they also remove and recycle living organisms waste
products that are considered as natures garbage. They degrade complex
organic molecules, which permanently take in carbon and keep it from
being useful to organisms, and release inorganic molecules. The nutrients
they produce are consumed by green plants, which are eaten by animals.
Eventually, the products of plants and animals are broken down again by
decomposers.
17. Besides carbon, what other material is recycled by decomposers? Amino
acids, Proteins, Nucleic Acids
18. Label the diagram below.
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