ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS REVIEW

1. TYPE OF CAMOUFLAGE WHERE HALF THE BODY BLENDS IN WITH ONE PART OF THE

ENVIRONMENT WHILE THE OTHER BLENDS IN WITH A DIFFERENT PORTION

2. EATS BOTH PLANTS AND MEAT

3. WHAT WORD DESCRIBES DOGS, CATS, FISH, BIRDS, AND PLANTS

4. USING BRIGHT COLORS TO SIGNAL OTHERS OF POISONS THEY MAY POSSESS

5. WHEN A STORM COMES AND WATER FLOODS AN AREA, WHAT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR IS AFFECTING THAT ECOSYSTEM?

ANSWERS1. COUNTER SHADING

2. OMNIVORE3. BIOTIC

4. WARNING COLORATION5. ABIOTIC

6. A TOOL USED TO SHOW THE ENERGY LOST IN AN ECOSYSTEM

7. WHICH WORD DOES NOT BELONG IN THIS SET CAR, SIGN, SNOW, SOIL, ROAD, TEMPERATURE,

TREE, SUNLIGHT

8. EATS ONLY MEAT

9. ORGANISMS THAT CAN MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD

10. WHAT DO YOU CALL AN ANIMAL THAT CATCHES AND EATS ANOTHER ANIMAL

ANSWERS6. ENERGY PYRAMID

7. TREE8. CARNIVORE9. PRODUCER10. PREDATOR

11. BERRIES ARE EATEN BY A SQUIRREL WHO IS EATEN BY A SNAKE THAT IS EATEN BY A HAWK.

WHAT IS THIS AN EXAMPLE OF?

12. THE LARGEST POPULATION AN ECOSYSTEM CAN SUPPORT?

13. WHAT TYPE OF SYMBIOTIC INTERACTION DO ORGANISMS HELP ONE ANOTHER

14. WHO DO THE ARROWS POINT TO IN A FOOD CHAIN OR FOOD WEB?

15. WHAT WORD DESCRIBES THE FOLLOWING WATER, SUNLIGHT, SOIL, TEMPERATURE

ANSWERS11. FOOD CHAIN

12. CARRYING CAPACITY13. MUTUALISM14. PREDATOR

15. ABIOTIC

16. WHAT ARE SEVERAL POPULATIONS LIVING TOGETHER?

17. WHAT TYPE OF SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP INCLUDES A HOST?

18. TWO ORGANISMS LOOKING ALIKE

19. MEMBERS OF A SINGLE SPECIES IN A GIVEN AREA

20. ORGANISMS EVOLVE TRAITS AS A RESULT OF ANOTHER ORGANISMS INFLUENCE

ANSWERS16. COMMUNITY17. PARASITIC18. MIMICRY

19. POPULATION20. COEVOLUTION

21. EATS ONLY PLANTS

22. HERBIVORES, CARNIVORES, AND OMNIVORES ARE ALL WHAT?

23. HAVING CHEMICALS TO SPRAY OR INFLECT AS A DEFENSIVE MECHANISM

24. ANYTHING IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT IS ALIVE

25. TWO OF THE SAME TYPE OF ORGANISM FIGHTING OVER FOOD IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT

TYPE OF INTERACTION?

ANSWERS21. HERBIVORES22. CONSUMERS

23. DEFENSIVE CHEMICALS24. BIOTIC

25. COMPETITION

26. LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION FROM SMALLEST TO LARGEST

27. IF I AM STUDYING ALL THE ANIMALS IN AN AREA, BUT AM NOT CONCERNED WITH THE TEMPERATURE AND WATER QUALITY, WHAT

LEVEL OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND I STUDYING?

28. A SPECIES THAT IS NON-NATIVE TO AN ECOSYSTEM AND WHEN INTRODUCED HAS NO

NATURAL PREDATORS AND AS A RESULT ITS POPULATION GROWTH AND DESTRUCTION GOES

UNCHECKED RESULTING IN DESTRUCTION OF ECOSYSTEM

29. ORGANISM THAT IS SO CRUCIAL TO THEIR ECOSYSTEM THAT THEIR REMOVAL CAN CAUSE

THE COLLAPSE OF THAT ECOSYSTEM

30. ONE ORGANISM BENEFITS WHILE THE OTHER IS UNAFFECTED

ANSWERS 26. ORGANISM, POPULATIONS, COMMUNITY,

ECOSYSTEM27. COMMUNITY

28. INVASIVE29. KEYSTONE

30. COMMENSALISM

31. A RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH TWO OR MORE ORGANISMS HAVE A CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH

ONE ANOTHER

32. TWO ORGANISMS THAT ARE BOTH POISONOUS MIMICKING ONE ANOTHER

33. A HARMLESS ORGANISM MIMICKING A HARMFUL ORGANISM

34. HAVING CAMOUFLAGE THAT MAKES AN ORGANISM LOOK LIKE SOMETHING IN THEIR

ENVIRONMENT

35. INCLUDES ALL THE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS OF ORGANISMS AND THE NON-LIVING FACTORS

AS WELL

ANSWERS31. SYMBIOTIC32. MULLERIAN33. BAUTISIAN

34. PROTECTIVE RESEMBLANCE35. ECOSYSTEM