Ecology
The study of interactions of living
organisms with other organisms
and their environment
Ecology
What does an ecosystem include?
Biotic and
abiotic factors
An organisms role or job in an
ecosystem
Niche
What are the primary producers in
the Savanna?
Grass – they are
grasslands
This is an example of a
Food Chain
Major ecosystems that occur
over a wide area of land
BIOME
Typical weather pattern of an
area over time is called
climate
An area that is cold and
treeless
Tundra
Biome that has a dry, hot
climate with little precipitation
and minimal plant life.
Desert
Bogs, Marshes, and Swamps are
Wetlands
Region of life that supports all
living things
Biosphere
What is the predator in this
food chain?
Fox
Where is the greatest amount
of energy?
Autotrophs/plants
Region of life that supports all
living things
Biosphere
What is the area where fresh
water and salt water meet?
Estuary
All communities, energy and
abiotic factors in an area is
Ecosystem
Identify 3 abiotic factors
Rain
Sunlight
Soil
Rocks
Temperature,
etc
The most common
photosynthetic pigment is
Chlorophyll
What is the prey in this food
chain?
Bunny
The total weight of the
organisms in an ecosystem
biomass
Autotrophs make their food
through which process
photosynthesis
Eats only consumers
Carnivore
What do tertiary consumers
eat?
Secondary
consumers
What happens if algae is
removed?
All organisms would be affected
What are elephant seals (-vore)?
carnivores
What are penguins(-vore)?
omnivores
Eats only producers
Herbivore
Eats producers and consumers
Omnivore
Eats dead consumers
Detrivore or Scavenger
When a toxin is absorbed in
the bottom trophic level and
reaches the top of the food
chain
biomagnification
Recycles nutrients back into
the environment
decomposer
What is another name for a
producer?
autotroph
Put the following smallest to
largest: community,
ecosystem, organism,
biosphere, population
Organism,
population,
community,
ecosystem,
biosphere
A snake that eats a frog that
has eaten an insect that fed
on a plant is a
Tertiary
consumer
All of the interconnected food
chains make a______________
Food web
A Biologist that studies the
interactions of organisms with
their environment
Ecologist
An Oak tree is an example of a
Producer
This is the formula for _________
_____________.
In which organelle does
cellular respiration take place?
Mitochondria
In which organelle does
photosynthesis take place
Chloroplast
A cow is an example of a
Herbivore
A mushroom, bacteria and
worms are examples of a
decomposer
A group of organisms of
different species living
together in a particular space
is a(n)
community
When moving up the trophic
levels what happens to the
energy levels?
The energy
decreases:
10% rule
If the producers in a trophic
level have 300kg of biomass,
how many kg of biomass
would be at the secondary
consumer trophic level?
3kg
The Physical Location of where
an organism lives
habitat
In a food web, what type of
organism gives energy to all of
the other trophic levels?
producers
Which type of biome makes
up most of the biosphere?
aquatic
A group of organisms of the
same species living in a
particular space is a(n)
population
What happens when two
niches overlap
Competition
for resources