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1 | | Why is a food web better than a food chain as a way to describe a community? |
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2 | | As the number of insects declines in the autumn, what would you expect to happen to bird populations? |
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3 | | List 10 items that are a part of your niche. |
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4 | | What is the difference between habitat and niche? |
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5 | | What do parasites, commensal organisms, and mutualistic organisms have in common? How are they different? |
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6 | | Describe two situations in which competition may involve combat and two that do not involve combat. |
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7 | | How is the competitive exclusion principle related to the theory of natural selection? |
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8 | | In what way are predators and parasites similar in the way they interact with other species? How do they differ in how they interact with other species? |
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9 | | List a predominant abiotic factor in each of the following biomes: temperate deciduous forest, boreal coniferous forest, grassland, desert, tundra, temperate rainforest, tropical rainforest, and savanna. |
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10 | | List a dominant producer organism typical of each of the following biomes: temperate deciduous forest, boreal coniferous forest, grassland, desert, tundra, temperate rainforest, and savanna. |
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11 | | How do phytoplankton and zooplankton differ? |
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12 | | Describe how the producers of benthic and pelagic ecosystems differ. |
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13 | | List two ways in which the kinds of organisms present in lakes differ from those in shallow parts of the ocean. |
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14 | | Describe two abiotic differences between an estuary and the ocean. |
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15 | | How does primary succession differ from secondary succession? |
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16 | | How does a climax community differ from a successional community? |
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17 | | Describe the steps in secondary succession of abandoned farmland to a climax community. |
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18 | | Describe the steps in succession of a pond to a climax community. |
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19 | | Describe three important factors that determine the kind of climax community that will develop in an area. |
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20 | | Why do DDT and PCBs increase in concentration in the bodies of organisms at higher trophic levels? |
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21 | | What is the most common form of habitat destruction practiced by humans? |
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22 | | List three introduced species that have become pests and explain why they became pests. |
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23 | | What happens to a community of organisms when predators are eliminated? |
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24 | | Describe two negative consequences of using pesticides. |
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