Ecology Questions

What type of scenario is this? A reef-building coral gets its energy from the sun as well as from capturing particles in the water to metabolize and use as energy.

First=primary producers. Second=Primary consumers Third=secondary consumers Fourth= Tertiary consumers

What type of symbiotic relationship is this? A skunk has several ticks feeding off it. The ticks are getting nourished by the skunk's blood, and the skunk has contracted diseases from the ticks.

Name at least two types of competition that are occurring. A group of fir trees are growing in a forest. Because there are many fir trees in the forest, the amount of sunlight reaching the younger, shorter trees is very limited. The older trees absorb most of the sunlight since they are taller and block the sun from reaching the younger trees.

A palm tree is exposed to 100,000 kJ of light energy from the sun. What percent of this energy will the plant be able to use?

What type of survivorship curve is this? They are common in species that have a low mortality rate in early life and a high mortality rate in old age.

What percent of the energy from the grasshopper will be passed on to the bullfrog? A grasshopper containing 10,000 kJ of energy is consumed by a bullfrog.

What type of survivorship curve. I am an organism that can produce large numbers of offspring. Unfortunately, these offspring are most likely to die at a very young age. Although this may occur, the offspring that survive past their youth can live for a really long time.

What type of Scenario is this? The lion's mane mushroom breaks down dead and fallen trees and releases nutrients into the ground that were in the tree.

A swamp environment has 197 different species of fish present. Is this describing richness, abundance, relative abundance, or diversity?

Two species of birds, a vulture and a caracaras, are pecking at and intimidating one another as they both try to eat the remains of a dead rattlesnake. What two types of competition are occurring?

What type of defense is this? The Vietnamese Mossy Frog blends in with moss in its environment due to its splotchy black and green coloration and bumpy, irregular texture.

Which survivorship curve represents humans?

Which of the following organisms is most likely to be found at the primary consumer trophic level

Cold winters and droughts are examples of _____ factors.

is a type of competition that occurs when two species attempt to use the same resource.

In general, _____ organisms have longer generation times.

___ mimicry is when a harmless species imitates warning signals of harmful species.

Which symbiotic relationship does a botfly in a human head represent?

What is this scenario describing? Autotrophs or heterotrophs? Kelp grows in shallower parts of the ocean in order to be exposed to sunlight, which it converts to energy.