Ecology Group Review
Ecology Group Review
Ecology Group Review
ECOLOGY
EXAM
Ecology
organisms interact
with one another
and with the
environment.
Population
A group of
individuals of the
same species that
live in the same
place.
Biotic Factor
A living part
of the
environment.
Abiotic Factor
A nonliving
part of an
environment.
Species
Includes
organisms that
are closely
related and can
mate to produce
fertile offspring.
Community
Made up of all
Ecosystem
A community of
Habitat
Niche
Producer (Autotroph)
food.
Decomposer
Consumer
other organisms.
Herbivore
only plants.
Carnivore
other animals.
Omnivore
Food Chain
Food Web
among organisms in an
ecosystem and are made
up of many food chains.
Ecology
LESSON 3 AND 4
VOCABULARY
Limiting Factor
An environment
factor that
prevents an
organism or
population from
reaching its full
potential of size
or activity.
Estuary
An area
where fresh
water mixes
with salt
water from
the ocean.
Prey
An
organism
that is killed
and eaten by
another
organism.
Native Species
A species that
was not
introduced and
that naturally
occurs in a given
ecosystem both
in the past and
now.
Wetland
An area of
land that is
periodically
underwater or
whose soil
contains a
great deal of
moisture.
Predator
An
organism
that kills
and eats all
or part of
another
organism.
Coral Reef
A limestone
ridge found in
tropical climates
and composed of
coral fragments
that are
deposited
around organic
remains.
Introduced Species
A species
introduced
either by
accident or on
purpose by
human actions
into places
beyond the
species natural
range.
Symbiosis
A relationship
in which two
different
organisms live
in close
association
with each
other.
Competition
Ecological
relationship
in which two
or more
organisms
depend on the
same limited
resource.
Mutualism
relationship
between two
species in
which both
species
benefit.
Parasitism
A relationship
between two
species in which
one species, the
parasite,
benefits fro the
other species,
the host, which
is harmed.
Commensalism
A relationship
between two
organisms in
which one
organism
benefits and
the other is
unaffected.
Review questions!
Question 1
A. Mutualism B. Predation
C. Parasitism D.Commensalism
Question 2
2. Ants and acacia trees have a mutualistic
relationship because
A. They both benefit from living with each
other.
B. They are part of the same ecosystem.
C. They are both adapted to a humid climate.
D. The ants eat part of the acacia tree.
Question 3
Question 4
4. What does symbiosis mean?
A. living separately, no relationship
between 2 species
B. living together, close relationship
between 2 species
C. living in a community with no
interaction between each other
D. living together in fear of each other
Question 5
5. What type of relationship is
Commensalism?
A. One species benefits and the other is
not affected at all.
B. Both species involved benefit from the
relationship.
C. One species benefits and the other is
harmed.
D. Competing for the same food source
Question 6
A remora hitching a ride on the shark is
an example of which symbiotic
relationship?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Predator/prey
Mutualism
Parasitism
Commensalism
Question 7
Which of the following relationships
identifies a situation in which two species
share a requirement for a limited resource
thus reducing the fitness of one or both
species?
A. Competition
B. Mutualism
C. Parasitism
D. Decomposition
Question 8
A hawk soaring above a field
hunting for a field mouse is an
example of which relationship?
A. Commensalism
B. Mutualism
C. Symbolism
D. Predation
Question 9
Question 10
Parasitism
Commensalism
Competition
Mutualism
Ecology
Which organism is a producer in the mangrove
swamp?
A. crab
B. mold
C. pelican
D. phytoplankton
D. phytoplankton
Ecology
Whats the difference between abiotic and
biotic?
..
Abiotic = nonliving factors
Ecology
Which of the following is a characteristic of scavengers
Ecology
Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores are
three types of
.
consumers
Ecology
Remoras are small fish that attach to sharks but do not harm
Ecology
What is being transferred in a food web or
food chain??
energy
Ecology
If a squirrel eats an acorn, and a snake eats
Ecology
Ecological environments can be divided into different
individual
Ecology
Cogongrass, a nonnative species of grass, grows in many areas of
food or shelter.
Ecology
Honeybees are important pollinators of flowers. Mites
Ecology
Earths environments include both biotic and abiotic
Ecology
Two types of global food webs show the feeding
Ecology
The Florida panther is an endangered species. It eats mostly
settlement (urbanification).
C. All the water has dried up (desertification).
D. Competition for territory between panthers (competition).
B. The break-up of the panthers natural habitat by
human settlement (urbanification).
Ecology
Devon noticed that it has rained much more this year than it
Ecology
The interiors of some plants have tunnels and holes that
ants can live in. These plants may also produce food on
their leaves that ants like to eat. Which of the following is
not a likely reason that some plants are adapted to
attract ants?
A. Ants could pollinate the plants flowers.
B. Ants could farm aphids, which eat the plants sap.
C. Ants could attack invaders that might eat the plant.
D. Ants could die, adding nutrients to the soil below the
plant.
B. Ants could farm aphids, which eat the plants
sap.
Ecology
A company is planning to build a new factory that uses
Ecology
Diseases are often thought of as a bad thing. Which of
Ecology
Beavers were brought and released in South America in
Ecology
Which is an example of parasitism?
A. Two species of insects that feed on the same rare
plant.
B. A bobcat and a jackrabbit.
C. An African lioness feeding her cubs.
D. A tick living on a dog.
D. A tick living on a dog.
Ecology
Which is an example of competition?
A. Two species of insect that feed on the same rare plant.
B. A bobcat and a jackrabbit
C. An African lioness feeding her cubs
D. A tick living on a dog.
A. Two species of insect that feed on the same
rare plant.
Final Question!!!!
Talk to your group to decide how
many points you want to wager.
If you get the Final Question
correct, you will add the wagered
points to your score.
If you dont, you will lose the
points.
chain.
Sun, producers, consumers (primary or C1,