WHAT AM I? Ecology (CS 6)
QUESTION / ANSWER1. I am all of the non-living factors of the environment
2. I am all the living parts of the environment
3. I am a grouping of several species living in the same area
4. I am a grouping of a single species in the same area
5. I am all the populations and abiotic factors in an area
6. I am the environment that a species prefers
7. I am what they call ecosystems with similar characteristics
8. I am the organism that generally defines a biome
9. I mean “self feeding”, and can make my own food
10. I mean “other feeding”, and must eat other organisms for energy
11. I am the bottom of a biomass pyramid, and am always an autotroph
12. I am the 2nd step in a biomass pyramid, and eat primary producers
13. I am the general name for an organism that feed on dead material from all tropic levels
14. I am the name for an organism that only eats plants
15. I am the name for an organism that eats plants and animals
16. I am the name for an organism that only eats animals
17. I am what they call an animal that eats dead animals
18. I am another name for the 4th trophic level
19. I identify the kind of food an organism uses
20. I am the amount of energy that transfers from one trophic level to the next
21. I am a tool used to calculate how many organism a area of primary producers can support
22. I am the buildup of toxins in the top consumers
23. I show the one-way feeding patterns of a set of organisms
24. I show the interconnected feeding patterns of many species
25. I am a relationship between two species and mean to “live together”
26. I am the type of symbiosis where one individual is harmed, and the other benefits
27. I am the type of symbiosis where both individuals benefit
28. I am the type of symbiosis where one individual is not affected, and the other benefits
29. I am the hunting of one species by another, with the intent to kill
30. I am the interaction between two individuals where both species are harmed
31. I am the change is species in an area over time
32. I am the type of succession that starts on bare rock and requires lichens
33. I am the type of succession that starts in an area that has been disturbed
34. I am what they call an area that is stable and tends to have large deciduous trees
35. I am the type of population growth that doubles every generation
36. I am the type of population growth that is represented by an “S curve”, because it levels off
37. I am the maximum number of individuals a population can support
38. I am a limiting factor that is directly related to the size of a population
39. I am a limiting factor that affects a population regardless of it’s size
40. I am the chemical that is the basic building block of all life
41. I am the intact of solar energy, water and carbon dioxide to make glucose and oxygen
42. I am the breakdown of glucose in the mitochondria that produces ATP, water and carbon dioxide
43. I am the characteristic of life that means to make more of yourself
44. I am the characteristic of life that means to get bigger
45. I am the characteristic of life that means to maintain balance
46. I am the characteristic of life that means to interact with your environment
47. I am the characteristic of life that means to breakdown nutrients
48. I am the characteristic of life that means to be made of smaller self regulating units
49. I am the type of species that increases biodiversity by keeping the number of each species in balance
50. I am a species that is brought into a new environment and outcompetes the ones already there, because it has no predators or diseases.