ECOLOGY
REVIEW
Warm-Up:
Update your Table of Contents for today!
 Write your homework – get it stamped!
 Get your Biogeochemical Cycles
WebQuest out to be checked!
 Review your notes and quiz each other so
you are ready for a Quick Ticket Review!
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Date
4/8 &
4/9
Session
#
5
Activity
Ecology Practice Test
Page
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10
QUICK TICKET REVIEW
We will have several rounds of Quick Ticket Review…I
will spread the ticket wealth the best I can!
 After all of the rounds we will go through the vocab list
and you can ask questions.
 The test has 40 questions with the following sections:
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Analyzing a food web – fill in the blanks.
Identifying examples of symbiotic relationships.
Multiple Choice (mostly focused on the cycles)
Identifying examples of the vocabulary through the video clip
1 short answer - which you already have!
We will take a practice test and correct it so you know
what to expect.
 Put your notes away!!
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QUICK TICKET REVIEW
Round 1: Ecosystem Basics
QUICK TICKET REVIEW
The scientific study of
interactions among
organisms in their
environment
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All the
ecosystems on
earth
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Factors in an
environment such
as air, water, soil
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Formed by the
interaction of both the
living and non-living
factors that make up an
environment
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All the populations of all
of the species that live
in an area at the same
time
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Organisms that share
characteristics and can
breed with each other to
create fertile offspring
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One single animal
of a given species
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All the organisms of a
single species that live
in the same place at the
same time.
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The place an
organism lives
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A land ecosystem
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An organism’s
“role/job” in the
ecosystem
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If the niche of one
organism overlaps
the niche of another
organism, it will lead
to __________________.
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Limiting factors that are
usually abiotic and have
nothing to do with
organisms interactions
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Water ecosystem
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The maximum number
of organisms a given
area can support
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Limiting factors based
on organisms
interaction with each
other
QUICK TICKET REVIEW
Round 2: Relationships
& Cycles
QUICK TICKET REVIEW
Those that are
doing the
hunting/eating
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2 organisms of the
same species fight for
limited resources
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Any close relationship
between two different species
that does not involve
predator-prey interaction
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Those that are
being hunted/eaten
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2 organisms of the
same species working
together to obtain
resources
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Both species benefit
from the relationship
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One species benefits, the
other does not benefit
or get harmed
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Organisms of one
species killing and
eating those of
another species
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One species benefits,
the other is harmed
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What do all
organisms need to
survive?
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How does energy
move through an
ecosystem?
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How do plants
create energy?
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How do animals
create energy?
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How does matter
move through an
ecosystem?
QUICK TICKET REVIEW
Photosynthesis and
respiration are
important steps in
which cycle?
QUICK TICKET REVIEW
The decay of plant and animal
matter within the carbon
cycle can lead to the creation
of _____________________.
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Burning these fossil
fuels is which step in
the carbon cycle?
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Why does nitrogen
have to be “fixed”
before we can use it?
QUICK TICKET REVIEW
The step of the nitrogen
cycle where nitrogen is
converted to ammonia
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Which step of the
nitrogen cycle allows
the pure nitrogen to be
released back into the
atmosphere?
QUICK TICKET REVIEW
What microorganism plays
a vital role in every step of
the nitrogen cycle?
QUICK TICKET REVIEW
Round 3: Food Chains &
Food Webs
QUICK TICKET REVIEW
What is the base of
every food chain/web?
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Where do the producers
get their energy from?
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What type of
consumers eat only
producers?
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Plant eaters are called
______________.
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Complex network of
food chains in an
ecosystem
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Organisms that eat both
plants and animals are
called ________________.
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What level of
consumer are they?
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Organisms that only eat
meat are called
_____________.
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Top carnivores, or tertiary
consumers are also usually
called ________________.
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What can an
autotroph do?
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Organisms that break down
dead stuff and return the
nutrients to the soil.
QUICK TICKET REVIEW
What would the
role/niche of a
scavenger be?
QUICK TICKET REVIEW
The idea that a source of
pollution increase as it
moves up the food
chain.
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Represents the number of
individual organisms
available for energy at
each trophic level.
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What happens as you
move up the energy
pyramid?
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Describes how a
pollutant enters a
food chain.
VOCAB LIST
What
words/concepts do you
still want to go over?
Complete ONLY the multiple
choice questions on the practice
test – we will start the video
portion in 15 minutes.
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HOMEWORK
Your Ecology Test is next
class….STUDY!!!
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Practice what you will write for
your short answer too!
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Warm-Up:
Update your Table of Contents for today!
 NO HOMEWORK!
 Review your notes and quiz each other for
the test…what questions do you have before
we take it?
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Date
Session
#
4/10 &
4/11
6
Activity
Energy Vocabulary List
Page
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11
ECOLOGY TEST
 Complete
the Food Web on page 1
ONLY!!!
 We will complete the video portion next,
and then you will be able to finish the
remaining portions of the test.
 When you are done, put the test in the
basket – make sure your name is on it!
 Pick up the Energy Vocabulary List and
use the book, or your technology to
define the terms in preparation for our
Energy Unit after break!