1. What is ecology? (*Hint: use the word wall and eco- refers to the environment) Jumpstart (Monday) ( 1. Label the following as habitat or niche: a. An earthworm living in moist soil H b. A honeybee pollinates a flower while gathering nectar N c. A black bear hibernates during the winter Jumpstart (Tuesday) N 2. Birds require nesting spaces in trees, but there is limited space available. Will this result in competition or predation? Competition 3. Lions eat antelope. Is this competition or Predation predation? 1. Sunlight would be a/an (abiotic/biotic) factor while a tree would be a/an (abiotic/biotic) factor. Jumpstart (Wednesday) 2. Wrasse fish feed on the parasites found on the black sea bass’s body (usually in the mouth), which helps clean the black sea bass. What type of symbiosis is this? Mutualism 3. Some ocean birds, such as gannets, breed on remote, rocky islands where they are safe from predators. Many gannets flock to these islands each year to build nests. Because the islands are small, only a certain number of birds can nest and reproduce. Is this a density-dependent or a density-independent limiting factor? Density-dependent 1. Roadrunners eat both fruit and small rodents. What type of consumer would a roadrunner be? Omnivore 2. Which organisms can be both a primary consumer and a secondary consumer? Skunk and Sparrow 3. Write one food chain that can be made from the web. *You can’t use the one I listed below. Jumpstart (Thursday) 4. Look at the food chain grass field mouse hawk. If the grass had 14,000 kcal of energy, how much would the field mouse and the hawk get? Mouse: 1,400 Hawk: 140 Jumpstart (Friday) 1. What type of organism would recycle a dead tree in the forest? A) decomposer C) producer B) omnivore D) herbivore 2. In general, which trophic level has the LEAST energy available to it? A) producer C) secondary consumer B) primary consumer D) tertiary consumer