Ecology Study Guide
Name___________________________________________
1. Ecology is the study of __________________________________________________
2. The living parts of the environment are called the __________ factors
3. ___________ factors are the non-living things that impact the living organisms
4. Give three examples of abiotic factors: __________ ___________ __________
5. Define Population:______________________________________________________
6. Define Habitat: _______________________________________________________
7. Define Community:_____________________________________________________
8. Define Biomass:_______________________________________________________
9. What are 2 examples of density dependent factors? _______________&____________
10. What are 2 examples of density independent factors? ______________&____________
11. The ____________ __________ is when the number of members in a population reach a
nearly constant rate number.
12. A ____________ is the organism doing the eating
13. A ____________ is the organism getting eaten
14. What is succession? ____________________________________________________
15. _________________ succession takes place in an area that was destroyed. The soil is
left intact and organisms can move into the area immediately.
16. _________________ succession takes place in an area that did not previously contain soil
or organisms. Soil must be formed before organisms can move into the area.
17. What is the name of the first organism to inhabit an area? ______________________
Name the type of Succession that will take place
18. __________________ the formation of an island from a volcano
19. __________________ a fire in a forest
20. __________________ farmland that is no longer used to grow crops
21. A ______________ eats
22. A ______________ eats
23. A ______________ eats
24. A ______________ eats
only plants
plants and animals
only animals
the leftover remains of a dead animal
25. Name the producer in the above food web: ________________
26. Name the primary consumers in the above food web: ___________________
27. Name the secondary consumers in the above food web: __________________
28. Name a tertiary consumer in the above food web: ________________
29. Explain the job of a decomposer ___________________________________
30. _____ % energy moves from one level to the next in an ecosystem
Make a food pyramid from the food chain below:
31.
32. Draw & label the tropic levels in the energy pyramid
33. Which organism in the above pyramid has the least
available energy_________
34. What in the food chain above is the ultimate source of energy for the pyramid? _______
35. What is the difference between a renewable and non-renewable resources?
_________________________________________________________________
36. List 3 examples of fossil fuels ____________ ____________ ____________
37. Define Transpiration___________________________________________________
38. Come up with the terms that identify the letters below
A. ____________________
B._____________________
C._____________________
D._____________________
E._____________________
39. Describe an ecological community: ________________________________________
40. What is the difference between biotic and abiotic? ___________________________
41. What is an ecosystem? ________________________________________________
42. What is the difference between renewable and non-renewable resources?
____________________________________________________________________
43. What role does carbon play in the atmosphere? ______________________________
44. Burning fossil fuels releases ___________ _________ into the atmosphere.
45. Plants remove CO2 from the atmosphere through ________________________.