Ecology Flashcards
(20 cards)
some birds are known as honey guide because they may be followed by humans to Wild beehives. When the humans take honey from The Hive, the birds are able to eat the bees and larvae, to. this type of relationship can best be described as?
mutalism
starfish live in saltwater ecosystems. Some species live in Shallow pools, While others live in the deepest part of the oceans. This is a description of the_ of starfish.
habitat
cougars are predators that often eat and remove weakened or diseased animals from a population. This is a description of the _ of cougars?
niche
an ecologist who studies how several species in Mary enter act among each other and with the abiotic parts of the environment is interested in the level biological organization level called an _.
ecosystem
the part of the earth that supports the existence of all living things is called
biosphere
A fungus is an example of what type of organism?
eukariotic
Give several examples of the abiotic Parts in the biosphere?
Water, light, soil, sunlight, and minerals.
in the carbon cycle in what form are Earbon Atoms generally returned to the atmosphere.
the carbon cycle is Nature’s Way of reusing carbon atoms, which travel from the atmosphere in two organisms in the earth and then back into the atmosphere.
which processes are directly involved in the carbon oxygen cycle?
respiration and photosynthesis
in a swamp ecosystem the hair on a bird and the Snapping Turtle feed on the same pieces of a minnow. These feeding patterns will most likely result in
cooperation between the heroin and the turtle
Plants use nitrogen in the soil to make one important molecules?
proteins
eating a sweet potato provides energy from Human metallic processes. The original source of this energy from the_?
Sun
In an ecosystem what happened to the arms of certain chemical elements such as carbon oxygen and nitrogen?
They move into and out of the living systems. Which chemical energy is used to produce carbohydrates. There are no light for photosynthesis for these guys so they do this process instead.
the energy of the sun is made available to the pond community Through the activities of the organisms at level
Level A Alagae.
one additional biotic factor needed to make this a stable ecosystem is the process of
decomposers
if the population of bobcats decreases what will most likely happen most likely be the long term effect on the rabbit population.
It will increase then decrease.
What would most likely occur after an ecosystem is disrupted by fire?
The ecosystem would eventually return to its previous state.
what relationship best describes the interactions between lettuce and a rabbit
producer - consumer
What would most likely happen if most of the bacteria and fungi were removed from an ecosystem?
nutrients resulting from decomposition will be reduced
In a forest Community a shelf fungus and a slug live on the side of a decaying tree trunk. The fungus digests and absorbs materials from the tree, while the slug eats algae growing on the outside of the trunk. These organisms do not compete with one another because they occupy
The same habitat but different niches.
