Ecology Scavenger Hunt
Use the internet or textbook to search for answers to the following questions.
Type your answers in the worksheet below.
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Turn it in to the _classDragNDrop folder when finsished.
Due: 11/14
Define the following terms:
1. Ecosystem- __________________________________________________________________
2. Ecology- __________________________________________________________________
3. Habitat- __________________________________________________________________
4. Community- __________________________________________________________________
5. Biodiversity- __________________________________________________________________
6. Terrestrial Biomes - ______________________________________________________________
Biodiversity- the number of species living within an ecosystem
7. Why might the biodiversity of an ecosystem be important?
__________________________________________________________________
Ecosystems Change over time:
8. _________________- the first organism to live in a new habitat.
a. Usually small, fast-growing plants
9. _________________-the progression of species replacing one another
b. Primary succession- ____________________________________________
1. ex: plants growing in the cracks of dried lake bed
c. _________________- occurs where plants have previously grown
1. ex: a bush growing in a grassy meadow
Energy flow within ecosystems
10. Trophic Levels- ____________________________________________________
d. Producer- ___________________________________________
1. Plants
2. Bacteria
3. Algae
e. _______- consume plants or other organisms to obtain energy necessary to build their molecules
11. Food Chain- __________________________________________________
f. Producers
g. Herbivores- ____________________________________________
h. Carnivores- __________________________________________
i. Omnivores- _______________________________________
j. Detritivores- _________________________________________________
k. _____________________- cause decay releasing nutrients back into the environment
l. Food Web- _______________________________________________
Energy is lost to the environment at each level
12. Only about ______% of energy is stored in the animal.
13. Some lost as heat and some used to do work
14. Biomass- ___________________________________________________
15. More biomass at (lower) or (upper) trophic levels. (HINT – pick one)