Transcript Ecology Review Game! Chapters 34, 35, 36, 38

Ecology Review
Game!
Chapters 34, 35, 36, 38
What biome is represented in
the picture?
Tundra
What is a feature of the tundra
(the soil thaws out for part of the
year)?
Permafrost
A group of organisms of
the same species in one
area is called
Population
A human eating a plant would
be considered…
Primary
Consumer
What primarily causes the loss
of the ozone layer?
CFCs
What is the original source of
energy for all trophic levels?
The Sun
What marks the end of an
ecological sucession?
Climax
Community
(Hardwood trees)
About how much energy is
passed from one trophic level to
the next?
10%
What biome is hot and cold,
and very dry?
The desert
What relationship would this be?
An owl uses a tree for shelter and
the tree is unaffected.
Commensalism
(One organism is
helped, but the other
is not affected.)
When toxins are magnified from
one trophic level to the next, it is
called…
Bioaccumulation
It’s time to play…
NAME THAT BIOME!
This biome depends on
seasonal fires to
survive!
Chaparral
Which biome provides rich
farming land for our Midwest
states?
Temperate
Grassland
A coniferous forest is also
called…
Taiga
Characterized
by evergreen
trees
Found in
Alaska and
Canada for
example
This forest boasts a large
biodiversity, but poor topsoil!
Tropical Forest
What is the only biome that is
NOT in the United States?
Savanna
It is only slightly
more rainy than
the desert.
It is
characterized
with grasses and
few small trees
True or False:
Sucession is a natural
ecological progression of
living and non-living things.
False. It is a
progression of just
the living things
(producers)
Time to play a
lightning round!!
Your answers will be
Density Dependent or
Density Independent
Bamboo for a panda bear
Density
dependent
Mount St. Helens erupting and
killing the surrounding forest.
Density
Independent
A lion chasing a zebra
Density
Dependent
Hurricane Katrina
Density
Independent
The black plague spreads
through Europe killing many
people
Density
Dependent
What is a pioneer species?
Species that
first occupy
an area after
a natural
disaster.
If a person brings home an exotic
pet and lets it go, what will be the
impact on the environment?
Loss of native species
In a food web, a tertiary
consumer is most likely to be…
A top
predator
Carnivore
If there are UNLIMITED
resources for a clan of meerkats,
what will happen to their
population size?
It will grow
exponentially
Bonus Question: What will the
shape of this graph look like?
J curve
True or False:
A mushroom (decomposer) is
also a producer.
False.
Decomposers
are not
producers in
food webs
Primary or Secondary
Sucession?
All topsoil is removed from the
ground in the path of a tornado.
Primary
Organisms are organized!
Name the terms that biologist use
to describe the levels of
organization.
Atom, molecule, cell, tissue, organ,
organ system, organism, population,
community, ecosystem, biosphere
Name this relationship.
A tapeworm lives in your stomach
and robs you of nutrients.
Parasitism
Name this relationship.
A snake intrudes on a hole that a
tortoise dug out. The tortoise is
left out in the cold!
Competition
Name this relationship.
A bird nests in a tree and eats
beetles that can damage the tree.
Mutualism
True or False:
There is a limited amount of
resources available to living
things in an ecosystem.
True
Final Question
• Place your bets.
• It can be some, all, or none
of your points!
What TWO things will
define a biome?
(HINT—remember the
graph in class. What was
on the x and y axis?)
• Temperature
• Rainfall