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Biology (Ecology 2)

Authored by Stephen Young

Biology

10th Grade

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1.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

Invasive

A species in which other species in an ecosystem largely depend.  If  removed, the ecosystem would change drastically. This is called a ______ species.

Keystone

Kudzu, Boa Constrictor

Different populations that live together in the same place are called a

Population

Which of the following is an invasive species?

Community

 A group of individuals that belong to the same species that live in one area is a

A non-native species that has been introduced into an area and can cause harm to the environment is a ______ species.

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2.

REORDER QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Put the following in order moving from smallest to largest:

biosphere

organism

population

ecosystem

community

3.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

Give an example of a population found in an African Savanna.

Elephant

commensalism

Elephant, giraffe, lions, grass

What are three types of symbiosis?

What type of symbiotic relationship involves one species benefiting and one species being neither helped nor harmed?

Give an example of a community found in the microbiome.  What about in the African Savanna?

Mutualism, commensalism, parasitism

What type of symbiotic relationship involves both species benefiting?

Mutualism

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4.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

Give an example of commensalism.

Whale and barnacle

What type of succession is seen after a volcanic eruption or glacier retreat that exposes new land?

Tapeworm and human; tick and human

 What type of symbiotic relationship involves one species benefiting and one species being harmed?

Primary

Give 2 examples of a mutualistic relationship

A clownfish and sea anemone; bees and flowers

Give 2 examples of a parasitic relationship.

Parasitism

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5.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

pioneer

 Moss, lichen, and other organisms that begin to grow on bare rock in order to start a new community are called ________ species.

 A stable community with a mature forest  is known as a _______community.

True

 True or False: Biodiversity will help a species survive a variety of environmental conditions.

Climax

secondary

What type of succession is seen after a natural disaster such as a flood, tsunami, or fire as long as soil is present?

6.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Match the following

This graph  is exponential growth, which is rapid growth.

Floods and fires would be considered _______ limiting factors.

Right Graph

 A type of limiting factor which affects growth rate independent of population density is called a ________ limiting factor.

independent

Left Graph

independent

This graph is logistic growth. Growth is exponential at first and then a carrying capacity is reached because of limiting factors.

dependent

 A type of limiting factor which affects population size in response to the density of the population is called a ________ limiting factor.

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7.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

Which nutrient does not use the atmosphere as a reservoir?

Nitrogen fixing bacteria converts nitrogen gas into ammonia.  Nitrogen fixing bacteria convert nitrogen into a form that plants can use.

What is a niche? What happens if 2 species of organisms occupy the same niche?

Phosphorus

Availability of food and water would be considered ____ limiting factors

In DNA and proteins

How do we use nitrogen in our bodies?

Dependent

Why is nitrogen-fixing bacteria so important to plants?

A niche is an organism’s  way of life. A niche is the way an organism uses its physical and biological conditions in which it lives.  It includes habitat, resources and the organisms role in the environment; If 2 species live in the same niche, competition will occur.

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