Ecology/autotroph/producer/consumer/decomposer/food web/ food chain/biomass/biogeochemical cycles/transpiration/algal bloom/
primary productivity/limiting nutrient/climate/ weather/greenhouse effect/polar zone/ temperate zone/ tropical zone
1.Write a paragraph that describes who, what, where, and when the term ecology came into use.
2.Make a table for levels of organization from biosphere to molecules. Include a definition and example for each level.(pg 64 and 21)
3.What are three examples of tools ecologists use to study the living world. Now, name and describe the three approaches.
4.Using the globe diagram on page 66, describe at least three observations you have about the distribution of plants and algae on earth.
5.In a paragraph, describe the differences and similarities between chemosynthesis and photosynthesis.
6.Name, describe, and give examples of the four different types of consumers(-vores).
7.Using the food web(Fig. 3-8), construct three food chains w/ at least three organisms each. Label each
8.In three paragraphs, describe the three different ecological pyramids. Make sure to note similarities and differences.(30pt)
9.Organisms are primarily made of which 4 elements? In 3 paragraphs, describe how these elements cycle through an ecosystem.(30pt)
10.In a paragraph, describe why climate is important in shaping ecosystems.
11.In a paragraph, describe how latitude and heat transport play major roles in regulating the climate of the earth(3 major zones).
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Ecology/autotroph/producer/consumer/decomposer/food web/ food chain/biomass/biogeochemical cycles/transpiration/algal bloom/
primary productivity/limiting nutrient/climate/ weather/greenhouse effect/polar zone/ temperate zone/ tropical zone
1.Write a paragraph that describes who, what, where, and when the term ecology came into use.
2.Make a table for levels of organization from biosphere to molecules. Include a definition and example for each level.(pg 64 and 21)
3.What are three examples of tools ecologists use to study the living world. Now, name and describe the three approaches.
4.Using the globe diagram on page 66, describe at least three observations you have about the distribution of plants and algae on earth.
5.In a paragraph, describe the differences and similarities between chemosynthesis and photosynthesis.
6.Name, describe, and give examples of the four different types of consumers(-vores).
7.Using the food web(Fig. 3-8), construct three food chains w/ at least three organisms each. Label each
8.In three paragraphs, describe the three different ecological pyramids. Make sure to note similarities and differences.(30pt)
9.Organisms are primarily made of which 4 elements? In 3 paragraphs, describe how these elements cycle through an ecosystem.(30pt)
10.In a paragraph, describe why climate is important in shaping ecosystems.
11.In a paragraph, describe how latitude and heat transport play major roles in regulating the climate of the earth(3 major zones).
Pages 63-89 and 21Size Relationships coloring sheet
Ecology/autotroph/producer/consumer/decomposer/food web/ food chain/biomass/biogeochemical cycles/transpiration/algal bloom/
primary productivity/limiting nutrient/climate/ weather/greenhouse effect/polar zone/ temperate zone/ tropical zone
1.Write a paragraph that describes who, what, where, and when the term ecology came into use.
2.Make a table for levels of organization from biosphere to molecules. Include a definition and example for each level.(pg 64 and 21)
3.What are three examples of tools ecologists use to study the living world. Now, name and describe the three approaches.
4.Using the globe diagram on page 66, describe at least three observations you have about the distribution of plants and algae on earth.
5.In a paragraph, describe the differences and similarities between chemosynthesis and photosynthesis.
6.Name, describe, and give examples of the four different types of consumers(-vores).
7.Using the food web(Fig. 3-8), construct three food chains w/ at least three organisms each. Label each
8.In three paragraphs, describe the three different ecological pyramids. Make sure to note similarities and differences.(30pt)
9.Organisms are primarily made of which 4 elements? In 3 paragraphs, describe how these elements cycle through an ecosystem.(30pt)
10.In a paragraph, describe why climate is important in shaping ecosystems.
11.In a paragraph, describe how latitude and heat transport play major roles in regulating the climate of the earth(3 major zones).
Pages 63-89 and 21 Size Relationships coloring sheet
Ecology/autotroph/producer/consumer/decomposer/food web/ food chain/biomass/biogeochemical cycles/transpiration/algal bloom/
primary productivity/limiting nutrient/climate/ weather/greenhouse effect/polar zone/ temperate zone/ tropical zone
1.Write a paragraph that describes who, what, where, and when the term ecology came into use.
2.Make a table for levels of organization from biosphere to molecules. Include a definition and example for each level.(pg 64 and 21)
3.What are three examples of tools ecologists use to study the living world. Now, name and describe the three approaches.
4.Using the globe diagram on page 66, describe at least three observations you have about the distribution of plants and algae on earth.
5.In a paragraph, describe the differences and similarities between chemosynthesis and photosynthesis.
6.Name, describe, and give examples of the four different types of consumers(-vores).
7.Using the food web(Fig. 3-8), construct three food chains w/ at least three organisms each. Label each
8.In three paragraphs, describe the three different ecological pyramids. Make sure to note similarities and differences.(30pt)
9.Organisms are primarily made of which 4 elements? In 3 paragraphs, describe how these elements cycle through an ecosystem.(30pt)
10.In a paragraph, describe why climate is important in shaping ecosystems.
11.In a paragraph, describe how latitude and heat transport play major roles in regulating the climate of the earth(3 major zones).
Pages 63-89 and 21 Size Relationships coloring sheet
1.ecology
a. the average year to year rainfall, temperatures, and other conditions of an environment
2.autotroph/producer
b.a consumer that specializes in eating dead organisms
3.consumer
c.a singular pathway of food/energy interactions
4.decomposer
d.the collective mass of living things
5.food web
e.describes the reuse of nutrients like nitrogen, carbon, water, and potassium through ecosystems
6.food chain
f.conditions like temperature and rainfall during a short period of time
7.biomass
g.the amount of energy a particular ecosystem is capable of capturing
8.biogeochemical cycles
h.the ability of the Earth’s atmosphere to absorb solar energy and store it as heat
9.transpiration
i.a special type of evaporation that plants use to draw water up from the ground and through themselves
10.primary productivity
j.a very complex “network” of food/energy interactions
11.climate
k.organisms that eat other organisms for energy…also known as heterotrophs
12.weather
l.the general study of the interactions between organisms and their environment
13.greenhouse effect
m.an organism that is able to produce its own energy source…usually from the sun
14.When Ernst Haeckel first coined the term “ecology”, which of the following words were the basis for its inception?(more than one)
a. cell b. prison c.environment d.house e.tree f.oikos
15.T/F. The root word for ecology is also the root of the word economy.
Matching (16-19)
16. population
a.all the members of a single interbreeding species
17. community
b.all of the living organisms in an ecosystem
18. ecosystem
c. 20km layer that surrounds the earth
19. biosphere
d.the living and non-living parts of an ecosystem
20.Put the following levels of organization in order from largest to smallest.
a.biosphere b.tissue c. atom d. ecosystem f.community g. organism h. organ i.cell j.population
21.T/F. Ecologists use radio tags to identify bacteria.
Matching(22-25)
22. Observing
a.using mathematical formulas, environmentalists predict the future effects of global warming
23.Experimenting
b.field biologists bury themselves in dirt on an African Savannah to film undisturbed wildlife
24.Modeling
c.a biologist studying memory sets up artificial flowers with simulated nectar to see if hummingbirds “remember”
25.T/F. Based on satellite images of Earth, areas of heavy vegetation occur in large bands based on latitude.
26.T/F. Based on satellite images of Earth, areas with the highest concentrations of algae occur in the open ocean.
Photosynthesis, Chemosynthesis or Both(27-35)
27. Energy source is within inorganic compounds.
30. Sulfur bacteria
33.Energy stored as carbohydrates
28. Main source of energy for the Earth
31.Algae, plants, cyanobacteria
34.Oxygen is a byproduct
29. Performed by autotrophs.
32.Uses carbon dioxide
35.Hot springs, tidal marshes, vents
Match one lower case and one upper case letter to each type of –vore.
36.carnivore
a. grasshopper
A.eat solely vegetation
37.herbivore
b.bear
B. specialize in eating dead organisms
38.omnivore
c.bacteria
C.consume both plant and animal
39.detritivore
d.mountain lion
D. eat solely animal sources
Use the following food chain for 40-47.
Phytoplankton  zooplankton  arctic cod 
ring seal

polar bear
The producers of this food chain are __40__. The herbivores or primary consumers are __41__. In order, the quaternary(4th),
tertiary(3rd), and secondary(2nd) trophic levels are __42__, __43__, and __44__. When considering the energy pyramid, arctic cod
would only contain __45__% of the original 100% that was captured by the autotrophs. When considering the biomass pyramid, a
1,000 kilogram polar bear requires 1,000,000 kilograms of __46__ and a 50 kilogram ring seal requires 500 kilograms of __47__.
48.Which two of the of the following are not a major components of living organisms?
a. carbon b. hydrogen c. zinc d. oxygen e.nitrogen f.magnesium
49.T/F. Biogeochemical cycles combine the three sciences of chemistry, biology, and physics.
50.What are the two ways water enters the atmosphere to begin the water cycle?
a. precipitation b. condensation c. runoff d. transpiration e.seepage f. evaporation
51.T/F. The water cycle is more complicated than the carbon or nitrogen cycle.
52.T/F. All weather and climate conditions are ultimately driven by the sun.
53.T/F. The greenhouse effect provides no benefit to life on Earth.
54.T/F. Since every organism has a specific range of tolerable environmental conditions(heat, rainfall, etc.) weather shapes ecosystems.
55.Which of the following factors play a role in determining the climate of an area?
a.latitude b.water currents c. wind currents d.elevation e.the life that lives in an environment f. all of the above
56.T/F. The major climate zones(polar, temperate, tropical) are a result of Earth’s tilt and the varying angles that the sun strikes it.
57.T/F. The major climate zone’s boundaries are drawn by lines of longitude.
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