Ecology

Question 1

Primary consumer

Answer 1

Consumes producers herbivores

Question 2

Secondary consumer

Answer 2

Consumes primary consumers for energy

Question 3

Tertiary consumer

Answer 3

Consume secondary consumers for energy

Question 4

Decomposed

Answer 4

Detritivores consume detritus (dead material)

Question 5

Tundra

Answer 5

Cold dry
Few seasons 
no trees 
permafrost 
thin soil

Question 6

Boreal Forrest taiga

Answer 6

Cold and dry
short growing season long winter
conifers Caribou deer
cold and dry soil

Question 7

Temperate deciduous Forrest

Answer 7

Temperance
regular rainfall
cold winter warm summer
deciduous trees birds Fox rich soil

Question 8

Grassland

Answer 8

Temperate to warm
not very much rain
winter and summer seasons grasses
few trees bison cattle sheep the top soil
savannas have more rain are warmer and have lions and giraffes and more trees

Question 9

Desert

Answer 9

Hot
little to no rain
no seasons
cactuses small rodents nocturnal animals poor soil

Question 10

Rain Forrest

Answer 10

Hot eighties to nineties
high precipitation
no seasons
coast their tall trees monkeys birds reptiles insects
in a temperate forest it’s cooler there more seasons and it’s on the Pacific American

Question 11

Marine

Answer 11

Generally saltwater connect ocean salt water title zone to ocean depths

Question 12

Batesian

Answer 12

Harmless species imitates a dangerous one

Question 13

Müllerian

Answer 13

Danger species look similar

Question 14

Mimicry

Answer 14

Species resemble

Question 15

Predation

Answer 15

Only successful one can survive predators capture food play hide escape and defend themselves

Question 16

Competition

Answer 16

Compete for same niche or resource

1. competitive exclusion one species removed
2. resource partitioning several use parts of the available resources

Question 17

Symbiosis

Answer 17

Close association between two or more different species or organisms

Question 18

Mutualism

Answer 18

Everyone benefits

Question 19

Commensalism

Answer 19

One organism benefits while the other is unaffected

Question 20

Parasitism

Answer 20

One benefits the other is harmed parasite feeds on the host

Question 21

Succession

Answer 21

The change in the species structure of a community overtime

Question 22

Pioneer organism

Answer 22

First organisms to establish populations

reproduce rapidly fill niches

Question 23

Biodiversity

Answer 23

The diversity of an ecological community

Question 24

Benefits of biodiversity

Answer 24

Increases stability of an ecosystem
resilience and ability to adapt to the disruptions

ecosystem services acetic and recreational value useful products

Question 25

Population dispersal

Answer 25

How individual organisms are arranged | clumped random uniform

Question 26

Population age distribution

Answer 26

Relative distribution of ages by age of population

Question 27

Exponential growth

Answer 27

Rate becomes more rapid in proportion to total number or size

Question 28

Linear

Answer 28

Regular growth with each time step

Question 29

Lag

Answer 29

Constant before new energy

Question 30

Log

Answer 30

Fast exponential growth

Question 31

Stationary

Answer 31

Population is constant

Question 32

Death

Answer 32

Population declines

Question 33

Growth curve

Answer 33

When new energy source is made available and the population fluctuates

Question 34

Population density

Answer 34

How many organisms there are per-unit area density equals number divided by area

Question 35

Age structure

Answer 35

Young populations grow faster than old populations

Question 36

Carbon

Answer 36

``` Respiration carbon dioxide and water producers photosynthesis glucose and oxygen repeat ```

Question 37

Nitrogen

Answer 37

``` Ammonium NH 4+ Nitrifies nitrates NO 3 producers organisms ```

Question 38

Water

Answer 38

Precipitation-- runoff -- percolation (enters soil) | Transpiration is evaporation from plants

Question 39

Greenhouse effect

Answer 39

The warming of the atmosphere when gases absorb infrared radiation and slow escape from earths surface

Question 40

Human impact

Answer 40

Burn fossil fuels | deforestation

Question 41

Effects of greenhouse

Answer 41

The temperatures rise and water levels rise

Question 42

Producer

Answer 42

Photosynthesis gets energy from light source