Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology)

One option to practice recall for a test or exam is Flip Cards. Cards may be effective as a study tool when a number of facts or definitions must be memorized.

The following information is a set of Power Point electronic Flip Cards for the Grade 9 Academic Science Ecology Unit. To “run” the cards, use the dropdown “Slide Show” menu and, if appropriate, click “View Show.” Each definition has a blue background. It is followed by the corresponding answer on a green background. To go to the next screen, you simply push return. The “End Show” button at the bottom of the screen stops the program. Another option is to simply scroll through the cards.

If Flip Cards work for you (i.e., you learn the definitions via this tool), you may wish to make your own cards for the other science units.

Have fun…engage and learn.

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology)

Question 1

Zone around Earth where life can exist

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology)

Answer 1

Biosphere

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Question 2

Species interaction in which two individuals benefit from each other

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Answer 2

Mutualism

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Question 3

A representation of the feeding relationships within a community

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Answer 3

Food Web

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Question 4

The variety of life in a particular ecosystem

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Answer 4

BIODIVERSITY

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Question 5

A representation of energy, numbers or biomass relationships in an ecosystem

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Answer 5

ECOLOGICAL PYRAMID

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Question 6

Mass of living organisms in a given area

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Answer 6

Biomass

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Question 7

A large geographical region defined by climate with a specific set of biotic and abiotic features.

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Answer 7

Biome

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Question 8

Maximum population size of a particular species that a given ecosystem can sustain indefinitely

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Answer 9

Carrying Capacity

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Question 9

The abiotic conditions within which a species can survive

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Answer 9

Tolerance Range

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Question 10

Species interaction in which one individual lives on or feeds on a host organism

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Answer 10

Parasitism

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Question 11

The layer of gases surrounding Earth

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Answer 11

Atmosphere

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Question 12

Ability to maintain an ecological balance

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Answer 12

Sustainability

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Question 13

Only 10% of the energy taken in by an individual at one trophic level is passed on to individuals in the next trophic level

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Answer 13

Rule of Ten

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Question 14

Species Interaction in which one individual benefits and other organism neither benefits or is harmed

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Answer 14

Commensalism

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Question 15

The forms of energy transferred during heating or cooling

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Answer 15

Thermal Energy

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Question 16

Living things, their remains and features such as nests, associated with their activities

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Answer 16

Biotic Factors

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Question 17

The process in which the Sun’s energy is converted into chemical energy

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Answer 17

Photosynthesis

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Question 18

All the living organisms and their physical and chemical environment

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology)

Answer 18

Ecosystem

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Question 19

All of Earth’s water in solid, liquid and gas forms

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Answer 19

Hydrosphere

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Question 20

A species interaction in which two individuals vie for the same resource

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Answer 20

Competition

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Question 21

The function of a species serves in its ecosystem, including what it eats, what eats it, and how it behaves

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Answer 21

Ecological Niche

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Question 22

The number of species in an area

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Answer 22

Species Richness

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Question 23

The level of an organism in an ecosystem depending on its feeding position along a food chain

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Answer 23

Trophic Level

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Question 24

A sequence of organisms, each feeding on the next, showing how energy is transferred from one organism to another organism

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Answer 24

Food Chain

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Question 25

Any factor that restricts the size of a population

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Answer 25

Limiting Factor